Nicolas Copernicus, Polish astronomer and mathematician Albi now in the Royal College

now in the Royal College of Surgeons of England

a 'Nocoonaca' ('may be called The Great West-Indian Goat-Chafer')

25th March 1981

Down to Earth market in Leather Lane

Sir William praised the courage and dedication of the police force

Nicolas Copernicus, Polish astronomer and mathematician Albi now in the Royal CollegeNicolas Copernicus, Polish astronomer and mathematician, (c1900). Portrait of Copernicus with shooting stars. Copernicus (1473 1543) is considered to be the father of modern astronomy and founder of heliocentric cosmology. Prior to the work of Copernicus, the Earth was considered to be the stationary centre of the universe, a notion first advocated by the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy. Copernicus' pioneering work De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (The