Leaders are the ones who lead others into a new way of life. A leader is the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country, as their ways of thinking don’t stop when they die, but they keep on going. Nicolaus Copernicus is one of these leaders. Copernicus has changed astronomy beliefs and thinking forever. He theorized that the sun was the center of the solar system, theorized that Earth was the 3rd planet from the sun, and has changed religious ideas. Copernicus has had many theories before, but this one has arguably been the greatest of his career. Copernicus theorized that the sun was the center of the solar system. At the time of Copernicus, many people thought that Earth was the center of the solar system. People at the …show more content…
You may not have known who actually made the theory about this. Copernicus was the first of his kind to find this out and get the word out about this. Although very controversial, record shows within Copernicus’s journal that he did in fact find this out by using the other theory above and combining the two theory’s together. This had made another very incredible advancement in astronomy. Seeing as we have already saw a glimpse of how Copernicus has started questioning the church and its ideas, it’s no wonder that this astronomer has changed religious ideas. At the time of Copernicus, 400 million people were Christian. At the start of the Renaissance in 1,300 BC, more people were starting to question the church, but not a lot. Most people were still loyal to the church. Astronomers were not the ones questioning at the time. Copernicus changed all of this by his theories, encouraging others not by words, but by actions to do the same as well. Leaders are truly one of a kind, all in their own way. Whether it’s commanding a group, organization, country, or just their ways of thinking, it doesn’t stop when they pass, but their ways stay the same as always. Copernicus has always been a leader, from birth, to death. It is always inside someone, if you see if our not, someday you may be a life changer, or what I like to call it, a