A 30-year project, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, or On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, was Copernicus’ response to the unwieldy mathematics used since the days of the ancient ...

Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who lived ... tracing textual transmission, comparing mathematical formulations, and evaluating observational data. To surmount such a sophisticated ...

No, really. Georg Joachim Rheticus, a mathematics professor, published and circulated an introduction to Copernicus’ heliocentric ideas to little reaction. That’s why Copernicus decided to pub ...

However, while visiting several academic institutions, Copernicus spent most of his time studying mathematics and astronomy. While attending the University of Bologna, Copernicus lived and worked ...