Nicolaus Copernicus (may 23, 1473 – aug 23, 1543)
Description:
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance mathematician who created a heliocentric model of the universe. This countered the previous Ptolemic universe conception, proposed by Ptolemos and Aristotle.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 23, 1473
aug 23, 1543
~ 70 years