Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomer Polymath Block of 4 Stamps MNH Historical Figures although he painted in a

although he painted in a much more realistic manner than many others in the group

reigning emperors are known simply as "the Emperor" and he is now referred to primarily by his posthumous name

their dominance continued throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods

The son of Simon Maccabaeus

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Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomer Polymath Block of 4 Stamps MNH Historical Figures although he painted in aNicolaus Copernicus Astronomer Polymath Block of 4 Stamps MNH Nicolaus Copernicus ( koprnks, k ; Polish: Mikoaj Kopernik; German: Nikolaus Kopernikus; Niklas Koppernigk; 19 February 1473 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance era polymath who theory of the universe placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the universe, in all likelihood independently of Aristarchus of Samos, who had articulated similar ideas some eighteen centuries earlier. The