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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 1543)
A portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 1543)
A portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
Curated OER
Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 1543)
A portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
Curated OER
Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 1543)
A portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
Rice University
Galileo Project: Copernicus
This site from The Galileo Project of The Rice University provides a list format biography of Copernicus. The topics that are covered in this biography include: dates, father, nationality, education, religion, means of support, and so on.
Curated OER
University of St Andrews: Nicolaus Copernicus
This site provides a brief biography of Nicolaus Copernicus. Content includes 15 pictures, several cross-references to relevant history topics, a list of honors awarded to Copernicus, and more.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Nicolaus Copernicus
(1473-1543) First astronomer of the Renaissance.
Rice University
Galileo Project: The Copernican System
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University contains information relating to Copernicus's sun-centered solar system theory. Pictures are provided throughout this article along with links to additional information.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Earth Orbit Model
Nicolaus Copernicus developed the theory of Earth's orbit around the sun demonstrated in this science simulation.
Robin Chew
Lucid Cafe: Polish Cleric and Astronomer
This site from the Lucid Cafe contains a short bibliography of Nicholas Copernicus. The information, though it is brief, is very factual and worth checking out with great links throughout for additional information on related subjects.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Heaviest Named Element Is Official
Describes the discovery and naming of copernicum, the heaviest element on the Periodic Table, named after the 16th century scientist Nicolaus Copernicus.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Star Child
StarChild from NASA defines and describes the Solar System in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. The website is broken down into two versions for the student, grade school and junior high.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Famous Scientists Who Believed in God
It is sometimes assumed that scientists do not believe in God but these famous scientists actually did. Read details about their lives and beliefs, and some quotes attributed to them.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Galileo
"First to use a telescope to overserve the starts and planets," Galileo Galilei secretly published his work, which contradicted the Catholic Church's teachings. Use this site to learn about how Galileo's independence and courage made him...
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University: The Copernican Revolution
This site has a time line featuring discoveries, and publications which sprang from Copernicus's publication of De Revolutionibus in 1543, and the people active in the field of physics between 1543 and Newton's death in 1727.