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Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543)

Autor/a de De les revolucions dels orbes celestes

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Sobre l'autor

Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland, the son of a German mother and Slavic father. Like Tycho Brahe, he was raised by his uncle-the bishop of Ermeland. Copernicus was not trained as a scientist, nor was his job an officially scientific one. He studied mathematics, optics, and medicine at mostra'n més the University of Krakow and canon law at the University of Bologna in Italy. Copernicus received a degree from the University of Ferrara in 1506 and returned to Poland when his uncle presented him with the canonry of the cathedral at Frauenberg, East Prussia (now part of Poland). As canon of Frauenberg, Copernicus developed a routine in which he divided his "working" day into thirds. One-third was devoted to religious duties, another third was for providing charity to the sick in need of medical attention, and the final third was devoted to his hobby---the study of astronomy and philosophical meditation. Copernicus's life was devoted to understanding planetary motion. He became famous for proposing that the sun rather than earth was the center of the solar system. A preliminary version of this theory was circulated privately in 1514. However, the first publication of this radical idea, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), was not published until 1543, the year of his death. Copernicus's theory finally was accepted nearly 100 years later, when measurements and analyses by Johannes Kepler, Brahe, Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton, and others permitted detailed, quantitative comparisons between predictions of the Copernican model and observation of planetary positions. he acceptance of a heliocentric solar system proposed by Copernicus represents the most fundamental change in our conception of the solar system. Because of Copernicus's leading role in this changing perspective, astronomers refer to this period as the Copernican Revolution. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Portrait by Torun, early 16th Century (Wikimedia Commons)

Obres de Nicolaus Copernicus

Three Copernican Treatises (1939) 43 exemplars
The Dawn of Modern Cosmology (2023) 5 exemplars
Opere (1979) 3 exemplars
Commentariolus (Latin Edition) (2014) 3 exemplars
La struttura del cosmo (2009) 3 exemplars

Obres associades

Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books (1909) — Col·laborador — 516 exemplars
Britannica Great Books: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler (1952) — Col·laborador — 403 exemplars
The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy: Selected Readings (1989) — Col·laborador — 148 exemplars
To Shiver the Sky (2020) — Redactor/compositor — 4 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat
Koperník, Mikuláš
Altres noms
Koppernigk, Niclas
Коперник, Николай
Data de naixement
1473-02-19
Data de defunció
1543-05-24
Lloc d'enterrament
Cathedral of Frauenburg (probable)
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Poland
Llocs de residència
Royal Prussia, Poland (birth)
Frombork, Poland (on the shore of the Baltic Sea | death)
Torun, Poland (birth)
Krakow, Poland
Bologna, Italy
Educació
Krakow Academy
University of Bologna
University of Padua (medicine)
University of Ferrara (canon law)
Professions
mathematician
astronomer
cleric
canon (of Frombork)
Premis i honors
A number of things are named for him including craters on both the moon and Mars.
Biografia breu
Copernicus was apparently fluent in several languages but his written communications were mostly in Latin.
He studied law and medicine at Bologna and Padua and received his doctorate of canon law in Ferrara. However, mathematics and astronomy were always a great interest to him and his achievements in the field of observational and mathematical astronomy are the accomplishments for which Copernicus is remembered today.

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Copernicus writes of the heliocentric theory of the sun. A theory that eventually came to be accepted as fact even throughout all of the controversy. Published on his deathbed, Copernicus never got to see the results of the can of worms he opened.

In any case, there is no real prose, and most of the book is dense mathematical proofs and theorems developed from Euclid's Elements. It really hasn't aged well, but Copernicus and astronomers in general kept fantastic records of calendar dates. The reason it hasn't aged well is because of the methods of proof utilized. All of them are proved using diagrams and pure geometry. They don't even have modern terms for mathematical operations yet, so instead of equals and whatnot, you get something like "additosubtraction."

All in all it is a very fascinating read if you are the type of person that would go for this kind of subject. Beyond that, it is really quite dry and mathematical.
… (més)
 
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Floyd3345 | Hi ha 6 ressenyes més | Jun 15, 2019 |
Notes are actually by Paul Wittich, as shown by Owen Gingerich
 
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ajapt | Dec 30, 2018 |
SOBRE LAS REVOLUCIONES DE LOS ORBES CELESTES

La ciencia, que tan altas cotas ha alcanzado en nuestro siglo,
presenta como hito inicial de su desarrollo el año 1543
fecha de la publicación del De revolutionibus de Nicolás
Copénnico (ahora por primera vez integramente traducido en
España). El universo medieval, incómodo en su pobreza, pero se
guro ideológicamente, se rompe. El hombre y la tierra dejan
de ser el punto estático de referencia en un mundo pequeño
y pretendidamente conocido. El insigne polaco, desde «el
último rincón de la tierra», cataliza preocupaciones renacentistas
y el ansia de pensar libremente. De este modo, una de
nuestras sensaciones más seguras, la firmeza y quietud de
suelo que pisamos, da paso a un universo indefinidamente
amplio, en el que la tierra se asemeja a los divinos astros
y a la vez los astros a la tierra.

Cómo fue posible modificar una imagen tan pretendidamente
consistente de la realidad, ha preocupado a científicos y
fIlósofos de todos los tiempos. Revolución copernicana es
una expresión incorporada a nuestra cultura para expresar
cualquier giro de 130 en el pensar o en el hacer, Pero
además, ahora que el saber científico toma plena conciencia de
su historicidad y de la crisis en que se ve envuelto y en la
que arrastra al hombre, los ojos se vuelven hacia Nicolás
Copérnico, indagando en su hermético pensamiento cuales
puedan ser los resortes que posibiliten abrir nuevos caminos
a la vez racionales y libres, a la ciencia y a la filosofia
… (més)
 
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FundacionRosacruz | Hi ha 6 ressenyes més | Nov 9, 2018 |
SOBRE LAS REVOLUCIONES , DE LOS ORBES CELESTES(CLASICOS DEL PENSAMIENTO)...

La ruptura bàsica de les teories ptolemaiques que representava per a la ideologia religiosa medieval la substitució d'un cosmo clos i jererquitzat, amb l'home com a centre, per un univers homogeni i infinit, situat al Sol, féu dubtar Copèrnic de publicar-lo. El destronoament de la Terra del centre de l'Univers va causar un xoc profund. Ja no es podia considerar la Terra l'epítom de la creació perquè era un planeta més entre els alteres. I la creença de l'home, el microcosmos, com un mirall de l'Univers, el macrocosmos, ja no era vàlid. Havia començat la revolució copernicana.… (més)
 
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FundacionRosacruz | Hi ha 6 ressenyes més | Jan 28, 2018 |

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