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Andrew Lasseter
Professor Rux
Math 103
11 October 2004
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February 19, 1473, in Thorn, Poland, to a family of merchants and municipal officials. ... In 1491 Copernicus entered Jagiellonian, where he studied mainly liberal arts for four years without receiving a degree. Following his tenure at Jagiellonian, Copernicus went to Italy to study medicine and law (Larson). ... While the title sounds important, Copernicus had no priestly duties to follow (Henry 16). In January 1497 Copernicus began to study canon law at the University of Bologna (Larson). ... It was there that Copernicus first got his interests in astrology and geometry. ... The contributions that Copernicus gave would eventually help spark the Scientific Revolution. The first published work by Copernicus was a translation of poetry, letters, and morals by Byzantine writer, Theophylactus of Simocatta (Stephens). What was remarkable about this work was that Copernicus was able to express his talent in liberal arts by translating the works into Latin, something many astrologists could not do. Copernicus’s second major work was called, De Hypothesibus Motuum Coelestium a se Constitutis Commentariolus (Stephens).
Approximate Word count = 903
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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