Nicolaus Copernicus |
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe. He was born and died in Royal Prussia, a region that had been a part of the Kingdom of Poland. He obtained a doctorate in canon law and also practiced as a physician, classics scholar, translator, governor, diplomat, and economist. He was a third order Dominican. He derived a quantity theory of money, what later became known as Gresham's law. ASPECT
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Science
4
Law
2
Medicine 4 Business
4
Philosophy
0
Art
0
Travel
0
Sports
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Beauty
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Family
0
Never married nor had children.
Fame
1
Civic 1 Career
1
Wealth
0
Leader
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Humanity
1
TOTAL 18
Polymath |