Mathematician:Nicolaus Copernicus

Mathematician
Polish mathematician and astronomer who modelled the universe with the Sun at the center, not the Earth.

His book De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres) sparked a revolution in scientific thought.

Nationality
Polish

History

 * Born: 19 February 1473 in Toruń, Poland
 * Died: 24 May 1543 in Frauenburg (now Frombork), Poland

Philosophical Achievements
The heliocentric universe

Books and Papers

 * 1514: Little Commentary
 * 1543: De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres)

Also known as
To every generation of English schoolboys: Copper Knickers.