Nicolaus Copernicus Biography: Facts & Discoveries
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 07:31
in Astronomy & Space
In the 1500s, when virtually everyone believed Earth was the center of the universe, Nicolas Copernicus proposed the planets rotated around the sun.
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