Seminaria

Dnia 2025-04-29 o godzinie 13:15 w Sali 2011 Wydziału Fizyki UwB, prof. dr hab. Leszek Roszkowski z Astrocent at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences and National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland wygłosi wykład pt:

„The Copernican Revolution and the dawn of modern science”

Serdecznie zapraszamy

Andrzej Maziewski

Jerzy Przeszowski

„The Copernican Revolution and the dawn of modern science”

prof. dr hab. Leszek Roszkowski

Astrocent at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences and National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland

The Copernican Revolution — the heliocentric model of the Universe introduced by Nicolaus Copernicus — is considered as one of the most significant achievements in the history of science. And yet, it is the works of Galileo Galilei hundred years later that are often believed to mark the beginning of modern science. In this talk I will argue that, the importance of great contributions of Galileo and others notwithstanding, it was actually the monumental work of Nicolaus Copernicus that provided the basis for subsequent developments that led to what we now call modern science. The year 2023 marked the 550th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus which gave us additional motivation to have a closer look at his highly extraordinary life and achievements.