![]() The manuscript of Copernicus' work consists of 21 notebooks (so-called contributions), each of eight, ten and twelve cards. This had a direct impact on politics, science, religion and philosophy of modernity. By adopting the principle, the astronomer revolutionised the perception of the world from a historical point of view. Although the view that the Earth is not at the centre of the universe and circulates around the Sun was expressed long before Copernicus, it was he who proved it in a scientific and indisputable way. Reflections on geocentric astronomy led him to the conclusion that it is a collection of random hypotheses.Ĭopernicus' proving that it is the Earth that orbits the Sun was a huge breakthrough in human history. ![]() However, at the basis of his system, more than calculations, lay a meditation on the harmony of the cosmos. Copernicus was an eminent mathematician and astronomer who did not miss a single detail of sky observation. The original was inscribed on the UNESCO " Memory of the World" list in 1999 and is kept in the Jagiellonian Library.ĥ00 years ago Nicolaus Copernicus began work on the most valuable Polish book, the famous " De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" or " On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres". Written by Copernicus himself in Greek and Latin, the manuscript is called humanistic italics by specialists. We present you facsimiles of the most valuable manuscript in Poland, that is the work of Nicolaus Copernicus' life, containing a lecture on heliocentric theory. ![]()
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