Nicolaus Copernicus - Quotes Collection eBook

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS - QUOTES COLLECTION

BIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONS

ABOUT NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Nicolaus Copernicus, the pioneering astronomer whose heliocentric model transformed our understanding of the universe, was born on February 19, 1473, in the city of Toru, in the Kingdom of Poland, which was part of the Kingdom of Poland. His father, also named Nicolaus, was a successful merchant, and his mother, Barbara Watzenrode, came from a respected family in Toru. Copernicus was the youngest of four children and was raised in a household that valued education and culture.

QUOTES SAMPLES:

"To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."

"Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars."

"Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe."

"Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place."

"At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun."

"For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them."