Modern History Sourcebook: Nicolas Copernicus - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1543copernicus2.html
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. |
MSN Learning & Research Plus: Copernicus, Nicolaus - http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571204/Copernicus.html
Encyclopedia article provides an overview of the astronomer's early life, his education, and his revolutionary theory that the earth was not the center of the universe. |
Nicolas Copernicus - http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Copernicus.htm
A short biography (1473-1543). |
Nicolaus Copernicus - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/
Life and works. |
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. |