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Article: Contributions of Polish men and Women of Science and Mathematics
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- Polish-American Journal
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- September 1, 1994
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Jan P. Muczyk
Polish-American Journal
09-01-1994
Contributions of Polish Men and Women of Science and Mathematics.
Latin Nicolaus Copernicus, was the son of a Torun burgher. Copernicus completed mathematical and astronomical studies at Krakow University (also known as the Jagiellonian University) and then studied the liberal arts at Bologna, medicine at Padua, and law at the University of Ferrara, from which he emerged with a doctorate in canon law.
Using the instruments he constructed (the originals are in the Uppsala museum in Sweden, taken by the Swedes during the Deluge), Copernicus discovered and proved the heliocentric system, upsetting the medieval nation that the earth was the center ...
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