It wasn't a polish astronomer that suggested the earth was not the center of the universe.
It was Copernicus.
Nicolaus Copernicus, in 1543 , proposed his version of the heliocentric (Sun-centered) organization of the universe.(from De revolutionibus orbium coelestium)Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.All this is suggested by the systematic procession of events andthe harmony of the whole Universe, if only we face the facts,as they say, 'with both eyes open'.
He was a Polish mathematician who disagreed with Ptolemy's view that the earth is the center of the universe. The heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth.
He was a Polish mathematician who disagreed with Ptolemy's view that the earth is the center of the universe. The heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth.
He was a Polish mathematician who disagreed with Ptolemy's view that the earth is the center of the universe. The heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth.
Copernicus was a polish astronomer that first formed the theory that the Earth was at the center of the universe.
Galileo was an Italian. Nicholas Copernicus was Polish. Aristarchus of Samos was Greek. These men suggested the sun was the center of the solar system. No country ever really adopted that position, but Galileo's stance eventually became popular among Italians and then the rest of the world.
They ought to. Bobby Vinton did a comic song that suggested that Santa must be Polish as his costume is red and white- the colors of the Polish Flag!
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