Renaissance Scientists
Nicholaus Copernicus
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Nicholaus Copernicus(1473-1543) was a polish astronomer. He studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Krakow and law and medicine at the universities of Bologna, Padua, and Ferrara in Italy. He believed that the sun was at the center of the universe and all the planets and stars orbited around it but did not have the tools to prove his theories.
Galileo Galilei
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Galileo Galilei(1564-1643) was an Italian astronomer. He, like Copernicus, belived that the earth orbits the sun, but, unlike Copernius, he had tools to prove his theories. He invented the telescope and was the first person to see that the moon was not a smooth surface. The church did not approve of the theories he was expessing, however, and he was accused of being a heretic(someone who is oppesed to church teachings) and put on house arrest for the remainder of his life.
Johannes Gutenberg
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Johannes Gutenberg (1395-1468) was a German inventor. He made the first movable type printing press in 1440. He was also the first to print the entire Bible.