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Which subjects did Nicolaus Copernicus study at the University of Cracow?
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, 1580, from the Town Hall in ToruÅ, Poland; in the collection of Muzeum OkrÄgowe w Toruniu (Regional Museum in ToruÅ). In his book De revolutionibus, he proposed that the Sun was the center of the solar system and that the planets circle the Sun.
Between 1491 and 1494, Nicolaus Copernicus studied liberal arts at the University of Cracow. His studies during this period specifically included astronomy and astrology.12