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1. Trail of Copernicus
...Nicolaus Copernicus, the famous astronomer who “stopped the Sun and moved the Earth”, is remembered in Poland: he has his streets, monuments, and even a tourist trail that will take you back to the 16...
2. Following the footsteps of Polish scientists
...Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus, the great Polish astronomer and author of the Copernican heliocentric system, was also a high-ranking official of the Warmińskie region diocese. During the Polish-Teuto...
3. Copernicus in Olsztyn
...Copernicus family came from Silesia. His father, who was a merchant from Krakow and the subject of the Polish king, had moved to Toruń before Nicolaus, the youngest of his sons, was born. Copernicus s...