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Astronomy has long contributed to mathematics; in fact, at one time, the name mathematician meant an astronomer. Prominent among the astronomers who stimulated mathematics was Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) of Poland. He was educated at the University of Cracow and studied law, medicine, and astronomy at Padua and Bologna. His theory of the universe was completed in 1530 but was not published until the year of his death in 1543. Copernicus' work |
nececssitated the improvement of trigonometry, and Copernicus himselr con tributed a treatise on the subject.
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