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Albert Einstein

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Samuel Alexander, chalk drawing by Francis Dodd, 1932; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Sir Frank Dyson, 1927.

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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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