NicolausCopernicusBirth:Birth:February19,1473February19,1473Death:Death:May24,1543May24,1543PlaceofBirth:PlaceofBirth:Toruń,PolandToruń,PolandCareer:Career:1491-14941491-1494StudiedmathematicsatStudiedmathematicsatKrakówAcademyKrakówAcademy14961496WenttoItalytostudyastronomyWenttoItalytostudyastronomyandlawattheUniversityofBolognaandlawattheUniversityofBolognaNicolasCopernicus14971497BeganobservationsoftheSun,BeganobservationsoftheSun,Moon,andplanetsMoon,andplanets15141514WroteCommentariolus,anoutlineWroteCommentariolus,anoutlineofhisastronomicalideas,butdidnotofhisastronomicalideas,butdidnotcirculateitwidelycirculateitwidely15431543PublishedDeRevolutionibusPublishedDeRevolutionibusOrbiumCoelestium(OntheOrbiumCoelestium(OntheRevolutionsoftheCelestial)RevolutionsoftheCelestial)NicolasCopernicusSkimthepassagetofindoutthemainidea.Skimthepassagetofindoutthemainidea.ThepassagemainlytellsushowCopernicusputThepassagemainlytellsushowCopernicusputforwardandprovedthetheoryforwardandprovedthetheory.Thatistosay,havingcollected.Thatistosay,havingcollectedobservationsofthestarsandprovedthesunistheobservationsofthestarsandprovedthesunisthecentreofthesolarsystemcentreofthesolarsystem，，CopernicuspublishedCopernicuspublishedhistheorybeforedyinghistheorybeforedying，，whichbecamethebasewhichbecamethebaseofalltheideasoftheuniverse.ofalltheideasoftheuniverse.thatthesunisthecenterofthesolarsystemthatthesunisthecenterofthesolarsystemWeallknowsomethingaboutWeallknowsomethingaboutCopernicus.HewasoneofthefirstCopernicus.Hewasoneofthefirstscientiststousemathematicalscientiststousemathematicalobservationstocollectinformation.Heobservationstocollectinformation.Hebelievedbelievedthesunisthecenterofthethesunisthecenteroftheuniverseuniverseandandtheearthandotherplanetstheearthandotherplanetsgoesarounditgoesaroundit..1.1.AtCopernicus’time,ChristianChurchAtCopernicus’time,ChristianChurchwasinchargeofmanywesternwasinchargeofmanywesterncountries.countries.TTReadthepassagequickly,andtellReadthepassagequickly,andtellwhetherthefollowingstatementsaretruewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.orfalse.3.Copernicusdidn’tshowhisnewtheory3.Copernicusdidn’tshowhisnewtheorytohisfriendsuntilhecompletedit.tohisfriendsuntilhecompletedit.4.Hisfriendswerenotinterestedinhis4.Hisfriendswerenotinterestedinhisideas.ideas.TTFF2.Copernicusnoticedthatobservedfrom2.Copernicusnoticedthatobservedfromtheearth,someplanetsappearsinfronttheearth,someplanetsappearsinfrontoforbehindtheearth.oforbehindtheearth.FF5.Sincehewasnotafraidofbeing5.SincehewasnotafraidofbeingattackedbytheChurch,CopernicusattackedbytheChurch,Copernicuspublishedhisbookassoonashepublishedhisbookassoonashefinishedworkingonit.finishedworkingonit.6.Newton,Einstein,andHawkingareall6.Newton,Einstein,andHawkingareallscientistswhomadecontributiontoscientistswhomadecontributiontothestudyoftheuniverse.thestudyoftheuniverse.FFTTReadthepassageReadthepassagecarefullyandtrytocarefullyandtrytodrawthetwotheoriesoftheuniverse.drawthetwotheoriesoftheuniverse.BeforeCopernicus’BeforeCopernicus’theorytheoryShowingCopernicus’ShowingCopernicus’theorytheoryAdiagramshowingAdiagramshowingthesolarsystemwiththesolarsystemwiththeEarthatitsatitscentrecentreAdiagramshowingAdiagramshowingthesolarsystemwiththesolarsystemwiththeSunatitscentreatitscentreAnalyzethefollowingpicture...
