Copernicus

Author: Tao Xiaokang, Li Junzheng
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is a biographical story, vividly documenting the life of the great Polish astronomer Copernicus. Copernicus lost both his parents in childhood and received a good education under the care of his uncle. Although he pursued a career as a clergyman and was a respected political figure, his lifelong passion for astronomy led him to persist in astronomical observations and research. He wrote the immortal astronomical masterpiece De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), establishing the "heliocentric theory" and overthrowing the "geocentric theory" that had dominated the West for over a thousand years. His work severely undermined the feudal theocratic rule in Europe and propelled the rapid development of modern astronomy, establishing him as the founder of modern astronomy.