Nicolas Copernicus was born in 1473 in Poland and was the youngest of three children. He studied multiple languages including Latin, German, Polish, Greek and Italian and obtained his education from the University of Padua in Italy. Copernicus challenged the existing view that the Earth was the center of the universe and died in 1543, about two months after publishing his book that advanced the theory that the Sun, not the Earth, is at the center of the solar system.

1. Nicolas Copernicus By Michael Lukasik

3. He had two sisters and one brother.

4. He was the youngest in his family.

6. Mikolaj Kopernik.

7. Copernicus knew many

8. languages.

9. He knew Latin,German,

10. Polish,Greek and Italian.

12. The astronomers thought the Earth stayed still.

14. He studied for two years in that university.

15. He was there from 1501 to 1503.

16. Returning to Poland He returned to Poland to take his church position.

18. He died about two months after his book was printed.