My nationality is Polish and my job occupation is astronomer. I was one of the first to successfully challenge the geocentric model of the universe with my book, 'On Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres'. Who am I?
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer, mathematician, lawyer, physician and economist.
Copernicus is the first scientist to formulate a heliocentric system of space bodies, according to which the Sun is at the center of the solar system, not Earth, as previously believed.
His work provoked violent reactions, but was quickly accepted in scientific circles.
However, this was not easily accepted by the church, which is why the Pope forbade this act in 1616 and declared Copernicus a heretic because his ideas went against church teaching. It did not help that Copernicus dedicated this work to the Pope.
