Nicolaus Copernicus (A.D. 1473–1543) was a Polish Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer who made an early contribution to the Scientific RevolutionRefers to the intellectual movement during the late 16th and 17th centuries in Europe that developed the scientific method and made great discoveries ... more by formulating a model of the universe with the Sun at the center with planets revolving around it, rather than with the Earth at the center.
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