In the 1500s, when most believed Earth was the center of the universe, Nicolas Copernicus proposed his theory that the planets revolved around the sun.
Nicolaus Copernicus: Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer who proposed that the Sun is the centre of the solar system and that the planets circle the Sun.
Harvard astronomer and historian of science Owen Gingerich argues in a new book that Copernicus justly gets the credit for the first grand unification theory in the history of science, and he should be remembered as the man who invented the solar system.
Nicolaus Copernicus was instrumental in establishing the concept of a heliocentric system, in which planets revolve around the sun. Learn more at Biography.com.
In the 1500s, when most believed Earth was the center of the universe, Nicolas Copernicus proposed his theory that the planets revolved around the sun.
Nicolaus Copernicus: Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer who proposed that the Sun is the centre of the solar system and that the planets circle the Sun.
Harvard astronomer and historian of science Owen Gingerich argues in a new book that Copernicus justly gets the credit for the first grand unification theory in the history of science, and he should be remembered as the man who invented the solar system.
Nicolaus Copernicus was instrumental in establishing the concept of a heliocentric system, in which planets revolve around the sun. Learn more at Biography.com.
