Mixes biographical details with an explanation of the Polish astronomer's main scientific ideas. Includes illustrative models.

Details the social and scientific environment in which the Copernican system was developed and diagrams the system itself.

Portrait of this famed astronomer includes a time-line of his life, background details about his work "De Revolutionibus," and various pictures.

Explore a brief biography of the astronomer who first wrote about the possibility of a heliocentric solar system.

Outline details the life, education, career and academic work of this famous astronomer who revolutionized our world view.

Essay on the Middle Ages describes the life of this famous scientist whose theories challenged age-old views about the order of the universe.

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork provides this chronology of the astronomer's life and the discoveries he made.

Offers a modest biography of the part-time astronomer who changed the way we see the world. Read about his heliocentric solar system.

First to state that the sun is the center of the universe, this astronomer developed the Copernican Theory. Includes links references and quotes.

Describes how the famous astronomer who revised our view of the universe also contributed to the field of math, specifically trigonometry.

Details the life and theories of the astronomer who suggested that the earth revolves around the sun.

Briefly goes over the life of the Polish astronomer, the contributions he made to astronomy and the influence of his heliocentric system.

Read a biography of this man universally known as the founder of modern astronomy. Includes links to other scientific notables.