nicolaus

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• - Short biography of the man behind the heliocentric theory.
  
• - Short biographical article includes links to articles on related topics.
  
• - Short biography and sketch from PBS.
  
• - Three short biographies geared toward beginning, intermediate and advanced readers. Includes links to related articles.
  
• - Encyclopedia article provides an overview of the astronomer's early life, his education, and his revolutionary theory that the earth was not the center of the universe.
  
• - Detailed biography examines Copernicus' dissatisfaction with the Ptolemaic system of astronomy and his theory that the earth actually revolved around the sun. Also includes portrait.
  
• - Introduces the father of modern astronomy.