Nicolaus Copernicus was a renaissance mathematician and astronomer who was born on 19th of February 1473 in Torun, Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland and died in 1543 on 24th of May. He was the first astronomer to formulate a scientifically based heliocentric cosmology that replaced the Earth with the Sun from the centre of the universe and was one of the first to combine mathematics with science.
He was a polyglot and polymath who obtained a doctorate in canon law and also practiced as a physician, classics scholar, translator, governor, diplomat, and economist. When Nicolaus was 10 years old his father died and his uncle Bishop of Varmia Lucas Watzenrode adopted him and assumed the paternal role making sure that he received the best education.
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He did not take astronomy classes at that time but he developed a growing interest in the cosmos and started collecting books on the topic. In 1496 Nicolaus took leave and travelled to Italy where he enrolled in a religious law program at the University of Bologna. There he met an astronomer named Domenico Maria Novara, the two began studying astronomical ideas and observations together.
In 1500 after completing his law studies in Bologna, Nicolaus went on to study practical medicine at the University of Padua. He did not however stay long enough to earn a degree. In 1503 he moved to the University of Ferrara where he attended the canon law exam. After passing the test on his first attempt he travelled back home to Poland where he continued his position as canon and re-joined his uncle. Nicolaus remained at the Lidzbark-Warminski residence for the next seven years working and helping his elderly uncle and studying astronomy in his spare time.
Throughout the seven years he spent in Lidzbark-Warminski, Nicolaus read several books on astronomy where he also came upon Ptolemy's model of the universe which significantly influenced his research on astronomy and started to build his own
Patrick Henry was a prominent lawyer, politician, and orator in colonial America, representing Hanover County, Virginia in the Second Virginia Convention and Virginia in the Second Continental Congress (history.org). He is most well known for his proposition to the convention concerning the institution of a standing army to defend Virginia, and his speech given in defense of said proposition wherein he boldly challenged the crown to “Give me liberty, or give me death” (historicstjohnschurch.org).
To begin with, Nicolaus Copernicus’ journey to astronomy began around the 1480’s when his father had passed away and Copernicus uncle, Lucas Watzenrode, took a paternal role for him. Lucas ensured that Copernicus would receive the best education. By 1491, Copernicus entered the University
Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer, who took very precise records and made careful observations (481). He constructed a detailed palace known as the Uraniborg Castle on an island near Copenhagen. In this fort, he had a library and equipment that were intended to offered more real astronomical interpretations (481). He studied the locations and actions of the stars and planets and discarded the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic system (481). He also disagrees with Copernicus's idea that the earth moved. He was able to find 750 stars and map their positions.
In other words Claudius Ptolemy was an astronomer who was born during the year 85 AD . He spent most of his life studying how the Earth, Planets, and Sun moved. He was one of the very first astronomers so, not very much was known. A lot of people doubted him because in his time religion was very important and they thought that they only thing you couldn't see with the naked eye was Heaven and hell. His first time he published his observation was on March 26th 127. He spent almost 20 years getting his theory to make sense. He knew people wouldn't believe him so he broke down his discovery into thirteen books and each book was a part of his discovery. After he published his first one he was able to do a couple small ones, but sadly, the last of his discoveries was made on
He was the fourth and youngest child in the Copernicus family. The family wasn't the richest, they were copper merchants in their town of Torun. Copernicus' family was German (Mikolaj Kopernik in German) but by the time he was born they were living in Poland. Must have been a fun trip being pregnant. Therefore under Polish rule, he was Polish although his first language was German. He did speak some Polish as well because he had lived there. At a young ripe age of 10, his father had died. It is not clear what had happened to his mother and siblings although, generally assumed, they hadn't moved. His uncle, Bishop of Varmia Lucas Watzenrode took a paternal role to make sure he had a great education. This was obviously very hard on young Nicolaus so to keep distracted he kept his head in his books which increased his intelligence. In 1491 Copernicus started to attend University of Cracow where he studied Math and painting like a true Renaissance man that he was. From his reading when he was younger, Nicolaus realized he was also into the stars and how they had worked.
All schooling was under the control of the church(German astronomer). The ideas that Kepler pursued in his life were present in his first work(German astronomer). In the creative burst of the Prague period he wrote important treatises on the nature of light and on the sudden appearance of a star(German astronomer). Kepler's analysis of vision changed the framework for understanding the behavior of light, which Witelo, a Latin scientist, had originally written(German astronomer). Kepler was the first to do multiple things; he was the first to suggests that the Sun rotates on its Yates Page 2 axis, the first to explain the process of vision by refraction within the eye, and the first to explain the principles of how a telescope works.(Kepler:
Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer who arose the Heliocentric Theory which caused the scientific revolution. Copernicus discoveries were very important, and impacted science to this day. Copernicus constructed his data from his astronomical observations of sun-centered cosmology. The Heliocentric theory is the belief that the sun is in the center of the universe and all the planets revolve around it. The Heliocentric Theory contradicts The Geocentric. “Copernicus's heliocentric solar system named the sun, rather than the earth, as the center of the solar system”. (http://www.biography.com/).
In 1596, Kepler wrote his first public defense of the Copernican system, the Mysterium Cosmographicum. Kepler said he had an ‘epiphany’ about the cosmic plan of the structure of the universe during his teaching career at the Protestant school of Graz. He defended the Copernican views by demonstrating the periodic conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in the zodiac. He also addressed the polygonal ratios between the planets, stating that he was sure of the geometry of the
his line from sub-character Sampson, shows his hatred for the Montague family during the first scene of the first act. This is also the starting quote of the film “Romeo + Juliet”, which this quote fits perfectly into as it shows his anger for the Montagues, thus showing competitive rivalry. Rivalry, which is the clear, important theme that affects the story and is also used often throughout the film. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a lot of literal techniques are used to portray the theme rivalry in act one scene one. This part of the play is adapted very well by Baz Luhrmann in his 1996 film adaptation.
Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Poland on February 19th, 1473. His father was names Niklas and his mother was Barbara. He completed high school in his hometown, which is Thorn, at
Born in December 1571, in Weil der Stadt in Swabia, in Southwest Germany Johannes Kepler was the son of two poor parents. Growing up, he got a scholarship in the University of Tübingen where he studied the usual mathematics, there he was introduced to Nicholas Copernicus’s theory about every planet orbiting the sun. Soon he studied astronomy and astrology and later in his life he had helped induce a revolution, thus marking the age of modern astronomy. In 1611 Kepler’s family became ill, his wife became ill and his three
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His prominent station in Danish society left him in an awkward situation. He wanted nothing more than to continue his studies of the heavens, but it was unheard of for a man of his status. He therefore spent some time giving lectures at the University of Copenhagen. His talks centered on the history of Astronomy, including that of
He studied law. He was practicing law. He is known for writing the Declaration of
Neither of these matters can an answer be given to but it is suggested that he was given opportunities in the Ospedale Maggiore as well as the Collegio dei Nobili Fisici, the chief medical school of the city. (Ochenkowski, 199)