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How old is Nicolaus Copernicus?

February 19,1473 and died May 24, 1543 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus :)


What is Nicolaus Copernicus's Talents?

Nicolaus Copernicus was primarily a mathematician and astronomer. He is best known for his heliocentric theory that the sun, not the earth, is at the center of the solar system. Copernicus also made significant contributions to the fields of mathematics, economics, and medicine.


Why did Copernicus keep his theory quiet and not publish them?

I think we get this wrong from simplifying history. Copernicus' theories and observations of other scientists had been common knowledge for some time. The scientists communicated with one another. Even the ancients had some clues or knowledge of the heliocentricity of our solar system. However, in 1633 some 160 years after Copernicus was born, Galileo was persecuted by the Church more for petty political reasons than for his totally old had idea about the Sun being the centre of the solar system.


How did Kepler disagree with the theorys of Copernicus?

Johannes Kepler found out that planets move in ellipses and move at variable speeds as they travel round the sun. The former theory of Copernicus was not wrong, but Kepler's theory was found to be more accurate when accurate observational methods were developed. Later Kepler's theory was backed up by theory when Newton's law of gravitation came along. However in the 20th century Einstein's theory of relativity produced some small corrections to the Kepler/Newton theory.


How old is the idea that matter is composed of atoms?

2500