https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow My Project On Nicolaus Copernicus en-us 2018-12-14 17:47:21 UTC 2025-05-15 17:09:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png 99900007150 https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/314761585 Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February 19th, 1473 and he died on May 24th, 1543. I chose this wallpaper because Copernicus was the one who found out that the Earth revolves around the sun. ]]> 2018-12-14 18:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/314761585 99900007150 https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/314770521 Copernicus is credited with introducing heliocentrism (the idea that the Earth orbits the sun, rather than the sun orbiting the Earth). But several ancient Greek and Islamic scholars from various cultures discussed similar ideas centuries earlier. For example, Aristarchus of Samos, a Greek astronomer who lived in the 200s BCE, theorized that Earth and other planets revolved around the Sun.]]> 2018-12-14 18:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/314770521 99900007150 https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/315630043 Watch this short video about Nicolaus Copernicus. ]]> 2018-12-18 17:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/315630043 99900007150 https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/315961451 In the late 1530s,
the astronomer was in his sixties when Anna Schilling, a woman in her late forties, began living with him. Schilling may have been related to Copernicus (some historians think he was her great uncle) and she worked as his housekeeper for two years. ]]> 2018-12-19 17:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/315961451 99900007150 https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/319390247 Growing up, Copernicus likely knew both Polish and German. When Copernicus's father died when he was around 10, Lucas Watzenrode funded his nephew's education and he started learning Latin. In 1491, Copernicus began studying astronomy, math, philosophy, and logic at Krakow University. Five years later, he headed to modern Italy's Bologna University to study law, where he likely picked up some Italian. ]]> 2019-01-10 18:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/319390247 99900007150 https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/319405649 The long corridor that runs aside the internal park of the castle, is fully illuminated by several windows that allowed Copernicus to see the stars and the sun during his hard study sessions. On the wall in front the windows he marked the line of the sunset everyday, till discovering that the length of days is unequal and that during the year for just one day the day and the night are of the same amount of time.]]> 2019-01-10 18:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/99900007150/q3u0siongiow/wish/319405649