The Bones of Copernicus

By Dennis Danielson

Twenty-first-century cosmologists, historians and archaeologists continue to seek a true portrait of the great astronomer and his contribution

Astronomy Archaeology Cosmology

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January-February 2009

Volume 97, Number 1
Page 50

DOI: 10.1511/2009.76.50

In 2005 they dug up the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus. At least, they thought it was him, and they wanted to be sure. So the Polish archaeologists at work in the red brick cathedral in Frombork—where Copernicus had served as administrator and in his spare time hatched a new cosmology—turned to the police for help.

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