Copernican
Appearance
Copernican means of or pertaining to the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543).
Copernican may also refer to:
Science
[edit]- Copernican heliocentrism, the astronomical model developed by Copernicus
- Copernican principle, in physical cosmology
- Copernican period, in lunar geology
- Copernican Revolution, the 16th- to 17th-century intellectual revolution
Politics
[edit]- Copernican federalism, a US political model
- Copernican paradigm, an Australian political model
Music
[edit]- Symphony No. 2 (Górecki), a symphony by Henryk Górecki known as the Copernican Symphony, Op. 31