Welcome to Copernicus' Workbench

Welcome to the workbench! As the inaugural post, I think it would be fitting to provide a brief overview of our namesake, Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543). Copernicus, or Mikotaj Kopérnik in Polish, was a groundbreaking astronomer. His revolutionary model of the universe, placing the sun at the center of the solar system, was published in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium in 1543. The treatise, dedicated to Pope Paul III, set in motion our modern understanding of the solar system.

--The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2004 edition, s.v. "Copernicus, Nicholas, Pol. Mikotaj Kopérnik (1473 – 1543)"