Polish astronomer and mathematician

Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th century Polish astronomer and mathematician, wasn't the first to suggest that the Earth wasn't the center of the universe—the idea originated with the ancient Greeks—but he was the first to prove the ancient Greeks with a mathematical theorem.

a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.

a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer.

a Renaissance-era astronomer and mathematician who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun at the Sun's center, contrary to the prevailing Earth-centered model

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-era astronomer and mathematician who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun at the Sun's center, contrary to the prevailing Earth-centered model.

a Polish astronomer who developed the Copernican system, a model of the solar system in which all the planets orbit the Sun

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Polish astronomer who developed the Copernican system, a model of the solar system in which all the planets orbit the Sun.

an astronomer, among other things mathematician, translator, and physicist

Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was an astronomer, mathematician, translator, and physicist among other things.

a Polish astronomer and mathematician born in 1473

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and mathematician born in 1473.

a Polish astronomer who developed the first modern theory of the heliocentric solar system

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Polish astronomer who developed the first modern theory of the heliocentric solar system.

a Polish astronomer who put forth the theory that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe, and that the Earth, spinning on the Earth's axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who put forth the theory that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe, and that the Earth, spinning on the Earth's axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun.

an astronomer, mathematician, economist and Polish priest

Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer, mathematician, economist and Polish priest.