The 15th-century Gothic house in Torun,Poland,where Nicolaus Copernicus was born. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was an astronomer who claimed that the Universe was centred on the Sun. From 1512 he developed a full mathematical model for this heliocentric theory. His ideas conflicted with contemporary Roman Catholic doctrine which held that the Universe was Earth-centred,as described by Ptolemy over a thousand years before. Copernicus's book,The Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres,was banned by the Roman Catholic church from 1616 until 1835. This house is now a museum of Copernicus's life and work | |
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