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• Copernicus's Grave

  http://www.cyfronet.pl/%7En1kokows/poszukiwania_en.html
  Articles by Michal Kokowski, from the Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, on quests to identify Copernicus's grave.

• Modern History Sourcebook: Nicolas Copernicus

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1543copernicus2.asp
  Gives excerpts from the scientist's works. Lists the astronomer's reasons as to why the earth must be round, such as pointing to the different times that peoples from different geographic regions see the moon appear at night.

• Nicolas Copernicus

  http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Copernicus.htm
  A short biography (1473-1543).

• Nicolaus Copernicus

  http://www.frombork.art.pl/Ang02.htm
  Discovered that the Earth is not in the center of the Universe but it circles the Sun. Facts of life and pictures of the Polish astronomer.

• Nicolaus Copernicus

  http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/copernicus.html
  Introduces the father of modern astronomy.

• Nicolaus Copernicus

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/
  Life and works.

• Nicolaus Copernicus

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus
  Wikipedia article providing an overview of the astronomer's early life, his education, and his revolutionary theory that the earth was not the center of the universe.

• Squashed Copernicus

  http://sqapo.com/copernicus.htm
  An abridged version of "Revolutions". Includes study notes, diagrams and glossary.

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