Nicolaus Copernicus was an important man, who made great contributions to his time, later being brought to us in the present time. But many do not know who he is, or what he has done, probably because there were many other great masterminds, such as Micholangilo and Leonardo di Vinci. Many people should know him for being the one to open up the door to astronomy, for example, if he did not exist then probably we wouldn't be able to get to the moon, thinking that everything revolves around the Earth, not the Sun. On a website "Biography.com", it says that because of his teachings of the planets revolving around the Sun he was banned from the church, and they said anyone who would converse with him would be cast into death. In another website called "Starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov", it says that he was the founder of astronomy, supporting to my claim.
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