COPERNICAN

COPERNICAN REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION
By: Nicolaus Copernicus
 Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer,
who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth
at the center of the universe, in all likelihood independently of Aristarchus of Samos,
who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier.

Born:19 February 1473,Torun, Poland

Died: 24 May 1543, Frombork, Poland
Education: University of Padua (1501–1503), MORE
Known for: Heliocentrism, Quantity theory of money, Gresham's law
 Geocentric is a theory of the structure
of the solar system (or the universe) in
which Earth is assumed to be at the center of it
all. The most highly developed geocentric
model was that of Ptolemy of Alexandria (2nd
century CE)
 Most people in Galileo's time believed that the Earth was
the center of the universe and that the Sun and planets revolved
around it. The Catholic Church, which was very powerful and
influential in Galileo's day, strongly supported the theory of
geocentric, or Earth-centered, universe.
Provide facts and evidence that supports the heliocentric
theory.
Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) was a Danish nobleman and
astronomer, and he was one of the individuals whose work
helped overturn that belief in favor of a heliocentric
model of the universe, with the sun at the center. ... Coming
from a wealthy family,Brahe had the freedom to devote his life
to the study of the cosmos.
 Johannes Kepler analysed Tycho Brahe's famously
accurate observations and afterwards constructed his three
laws in 1609 and 1619, based on a heliocentricview where
the planets move in elliptical paths. Using these laws, he was
the first astronomer to successfully predict a transit of Venus
(for the year 1631).
 HELIOCENTRIC REVOLUTION

The Scientific Revolution, which took place in the 16th and 17th centuries, was a
time of unprecedented learning and discovery. During this period, the foundations of
modern science were laid, thanks to breakthroughs in the fields of physics, mathematics,
chemistry, biology, and astronomy. And when it comes to astronomy, the most influential
scholar was definitely Nicolaus Copernicus, the man credited with the creation of the
Heliocentric model of the Universe.
Based on ongoing observations of the motions of the planets, as well as previous theories
from classical antiquity and the Islamic World, Copernicus’ proposed a model of the
Universe where the Earth, the planets and the stars all revolved around the Sun. In so
doing, he resolved the mathematical problems and inconsistencies arising out of the classic
geocentric model and laid the foundations for modern astronomy.
HELIOCENTRIC MODEL