Nicolaus Copernicus (feb 19, 1473 – may 24, 1543)
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completely revolutionized astronomy, He proposed that there was something called an equinox, and that earth and the sun were both on these equinoxes and that they were tilted. His work would have huge influence on later thinkers and astronomers like Galileo, Descartes, and many more
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