Which one of the following scientists is known as father of astronomy?
Which one of the following scientists is known as father of astronomy?
(a) Einstein
(b) Copernicus
(c) Archimedes
(d) Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus is commonly known as the Father of Modern Astronomy. In the 16th century, he turned the world upside down with his revolutionary theory of the heliocentric system, where the Sun is at the center and the Earth and other planets revolve around it, instead of the Earth being at the center of the universe. His groundbreaking theories were expressed in his book "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" in 1543, which marked the beginning of the Copernican Revolution.