Lines by Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Mikołaj Kopernik
Astronomer and mathematician · 1473–1543
Nicolaus Copernicus placed the Sun, not the Earth, at the centre of the planets' orbits. His book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres was printed in the year of his death.
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
Mathemata mathematicis scribuntur.
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, Preface, to Pope Paul III
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)