Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in the first book all the positions of the orbits together with the movements which I ascribe to the Earth, in order that this book might contain, as it were, the general scheme of the universe.
-- Nicolaus Copernicus
   
Nicolaus Copernicus   Name:
Nicolaus Copernicus
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
Polish
Birth:
February 19, 1473
Death:
May 24, 1543
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