He was born on 19th February, 1473 in Toruń in Poland. He was a Polish astronomer, economist, strategist, doctor, translator, lawyer.The author of the work “On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres”, which made the breakthrough and triggered one of the most important scientific revolutions, called the Copernican revolution.According to Copernicus, Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun, not the Sun and planets around the Earth.It was a breakthrough discovery for the development of modern science.