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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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Aristotle's theory of the solar system explained
Aristotle's theory of the solar system.
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How did Ptolemy explain retrograde motion?
Ptolemy's theory of the solar system.
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Copernicus's revolutionary theory: The Sun as the center
Copernicus's theory of the solar system.
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How we understood the universe throughout history
Discussion of four attempts to explain the structure of the solar system, from Aristotle...
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, 1580, from the Town Hall in Toruń, Poland; in the...
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Engraving from Christoph Hartknoch's book Alt- und neues Preussen (1684;...
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Christian Aristotelian cosmos
Representation of the Christian Aristotelian cosmos, engraving from Peter Apian's...
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Nicolaus Copernicus: heliocentric system
Engraving of the solar system from Nicolaus Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium...
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Astronomers Monument
Astronomers Monument, concrete sculpture featuring six astronomers by Arnold...
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Copernicus
Copernicus, 17th-century copy of a 16th-century self-portrait; in the Jagiellonian...
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Copernicus, Nicolaus
Nicolaus Copernicus, engraving.
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frontispiece to Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic & Copernican
Frontispiece to Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic...
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