Meet Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus ... Countdown: The most famous astronomers of all time Born on Feb. 19, 1473, in Toruń, Poland, Mikolaj Kopernik (Copernicus is the Latinized form ...

In the summer, a ferry shuttles passengers across the bay to the narrow slip of land called the Vistula Split, famous for white ... of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus stands tall in front ...

Perhaps he dropped the instrument during his daily commute. The nearby Nicolaus Copernicus Museum agrees, with employee Zorjana Polenik telling local news outlets that the compass could indeed ...