Nicolaus Copernicous (feb 19, 1473 – may 21, 1543)
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A Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who developed a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe: Heliocentric model. Showed order of planets, and is recognized as starting the Scientific Revolution with his book "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium".
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