Nicolaus Copernicus (feb 19, 1473 – may 24, 1543)
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Nicolaus Copernicus was one of the first scientists in Europe to come up with the idea of the earth rotating around the sun, instead of the sun rotating around the earth. Copernicus' model was a huge advancement in the history of science and an important contribution to the scientific revolution. Copernicus is classified under objective knowledge and subjunctive vision because he was a scientist who discovered a new idea of how the earth and sun moved.
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