Nicolaus Copernicus (dec 20, 1473 – mar 11, 1543)
Description:
Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe, in all likelihood independently of Aristarchus of Samos, who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 20, 1473
mar 11, 1543
~ 69 years
