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So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it.


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Author Bio


  • NameNicolaus Copernicus
  • DescriptionRenaissance mathematician, astronomer, physician and canon
  • AliasesMiko?aj Kopernik; Nikolaus Kopernikus
  • BornFebruary 19, 1473
  • DiedMay 24, 1543
  • CountryPoland
  • ProfessionAstronomer; Jurist; Economist; Mathematician; Scientist; Physicist; Philosopher