Members of Warminska Grupa Eksploracyjna or Warmian Exploration Group, an amateur archaeology organization in Poland, discovered a 500-year-old compass that may have belonged to Renaissance astronomer ...
A rare group of books featuring volumes by Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, and Galileo Galilei that were collected by the late astronomer—and eclipse chaser—Jay Pasachoff is coming to the auction ...
The 500-year-old compass is a two-pronged metal device that scientists used for precise measurements in cartography, geometry and astronomy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
Henrietta, N.Y. — A piece of science history now sits at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Nicolaus Copernicus'De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) ...
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Nicolaus Copernicus has today been celebrated by Google, on what would have been the Renaissance mathematician and astronomer's birthday. Born on February 19, 1473 in Poland, Copernicus was ...