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Nicolas Copernicus, born February 18th, 1473 in modern day Poland, was a renaissance mathematician and astronomer who believed in a heliocentric model of the Solar System. Heliocentrism is the belief that the Sun, and not the Earth is the center of the Solar System. Copernicus was also influential in the area of economics where he developed a quantitative theory of money.
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What did Copernicus believe about the earth and the sun?
He believed in a heliocentric universe, or a universe where all of the planets revolve around the sun.
Who had a heliocentric view of the universe?
Nicolas Copernicus
Who was Copernicus and what was the heliocentric theory?
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.
What are the geocentric and heliocentric theories of the universe?
The Geocentric or Ptolemaic Model put the earth at the center of the Universe. The Heliocentric Model postulated by Copernicus and, before him, Aristarchus, places the Sun at the center of the Solar System. Galileo's observations proved the validity of the Heliocentric Model.
Who was the first greek to profess a sun centered or heliocentric universe?
Copernicus
