Tag: Nicolaus Copernicus
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Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543)
Arpan K. BanerjeeSolihull, United Kingdom Nicolaus Copernicus was born on 19 Feb 1473 in the Prussian town of Torun, now part of Poland. He studied at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow, and although his main subjects were mathematics and astronomy, he also immersed himself in philosophy and read the works of Aristotle, Ptolemy, and Euclid.…
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Polymathy in decline?
J.M.S. PearceUnited Kingdom Try to know something about everything and everything about something.— Attributed to TH Huxley (1825–95) Polymaths are rare and interesting people. Their fund of learning enlightens conversation, provokes new ideas, and excites our imagination and understanding. The ancient Greeks concentrated on natural philosophy, (which roughly transmutes into “science”) the study of natural…