Nicholas Copernicus was an amazing man who changed the world forever. He was born in 1473 in Poland. Copernicus was the son of a Merchant but was raised by his uncle and got a good education. He was always learning and studying and came up with a new theory about the solar system. The world already knew about Ptolemy’s theory about how the planets and the sun revolved around the earth, but Copernicus had his theory on how the planets revolved around the sun. Ptolemy’s theory was believed for 1000s of years until the renaissance where a ton of theories were developed. Copernicus was the only one that who had his idea looked into. He ended up telling his friends his new theory and showing them his manuscript. He wrote a few books on his theory but ended up with internal bleeding and on the day he died he finally got to see his life long work be published. Copernicus’s theory is the one will still believe today and without him we wouldn’t have the knowledge that we know about the solar system today.