My main man Copernicus

While doing our space project in class a few weeks back, I stumbled upon an interesting fellow by the name of Nicolaus Copernicus.  

Now many of you have probably heard of Copernicus, however, do you really know the man?  He single came up with the solar system.  That's right, THE solar system, the one we so wrongfully use to pick on Pluto.  

In 1543 Copernicus wrote a book titled, " De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" or as it's simply know today, "The Book".  In this book, Copernicus makes bold statements, that we today would laugh at the very notion of being thought of as balderdash.  In his book he stated the Earth was round, and that Earth was not the center of the universe.  Again, these are things we would replay with a simple, "Duh" today, however those comments were so flamboyant at the time, they landed Mr. C in jail, where he would die within a few months.  

Thankfully his students, most notably Galileo Galilei, continued to carry on his work long after his death.  As we all know Copernicus was right, the Earth was indeed round, and we revolve around the sun, not the other way around.  As a famous rapper musician once said, haters gonna hate.