The Nicolaus Copernicus monuments презентация

The Nicolaus Copernicus monument is a real masterpiece of sculpture situated in Warsaw, Poland. It was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1822.

The bronze Nicolaus Copernicus is holding a pair of compasses and armillary sphere, or astrolabe, an important astronomical instrument.

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Copernicus was an astronomer and mathematician who was born in 15th century. He is known to be the author of heliocentric model of the world.

This model describes the University with the Sun in the centre of it.

Copernicus made a lot for the science of that time. Many people from all over the world still consider him one of the humanity’s greatest astronomers. He was also a talented mathematician and economist.

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Wikipedia, “Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Warsaw”
Wikipedia, “Nicolaus Copernicus”