February 19 marks the 552nd anniversary of the birth of the eminent scientist Nicolaus Copernicus – astronomer, economist, mathematician, physician, lawyer, clergyman, creator of the heliocentric theory. His birthday is also celebrated as Polish Science Day.
The Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School, established on the 550th anniversary of Nicolaus Copernicus’ birth, cultivates the memory of the great scholar by conducting education and research activity in Copernican disciplines.
Nicolaus Copernicus became famous as the creator of the heliocentric theory, which revolutionized science and changed our perception of the universe. He was not only an astronomer, but also a mathematician, physician, lawyer, economist, cartographer and clergyman. His work “De revolutionibus orbium coelestium” became the foundation of modern astronomy.
As part of this year’s celebration of Nicolaus Copernicus’ birthday, as well as the Polish Science Day, celebrated every year on February 19, we encourage you to watch the Copernican Lectures on the life and work of Nicolaus Copernicus, available on SGMK website.
Copernican Lectures: “Nicolaus Copernicus and the Future”
“How did Nicolaus Copernicus change the future?” by Wojciech Orliński
“Nicolaus Copernicus in culture” by Robert Szaj
“Nicolaus Copernicus' personal problems” by Dr. Jerzy Sikorski
“Notes of Nicolaus Copernicus in the prints of the Hosianum Library in Olsztyn” by Rev. Dr. Tomasz Garwoliński
“Polish copies of the 1st edition of Nicolaus Copernicus' DE REVOLUTIONIBUS ORBIUM COELESTIUM” by Dr. Krzysztof Nierzwicki
“The Face of a Genius. On modern era graphic portraits of Nicolaus Copernicus” by Dr. Arkadiusz Wagner, professor at UMK
“The Copernican principle in the light of the search for life in space” by Magdalena Pilska-Piotrowska, director of the Olsztyn Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory
“Copernican Revolutions” by Professor Andrzej Niedzielski from the College of Astronomy and Natural Sciences at the Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School, and professor at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
We would also like to invite you to listen to the inspiring lectures of prominent scientists delivered on the occasion of the 550th Birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus during the World Copernican Congress in Toruń: “Directions of development of astronomy and cosmology” – a lecture by Prof. Phillip James E. Peebles, Nobel Prize-winning astronomer, “What changes have occurred in science over the past 100 years. How we have changed our perception of the cosmos” – a lecture by Prof. Michel Mayor, Nobel Prize-winning astronomer.
We also encourage you to listen to the first-ever debate between five Nobel Prize winners (astronomer Prof. Didier Queloz, physicist Prof. Arthur B. McDonald, astronomer Prof. Michel Mayor, physicist Prof. Barry C. Barish, and astronomer and cosmologist Prof. Phillip James Edwin Peebles) about the importance of science in the modern world and current issues in the international arena.
