with your doctor and identify the treatment program that works best for you. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Note: The cost estimates are based on an approximate grouping of services and reflects2007 HMO cost data trended to Q3 2009.
Copernican heliocentrism. Copernican heliocentrism is the name given to the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in 1543. It positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets rotating around it in circular paths modified by epicycles and at uniform speeds.
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Renaissance polymath responsible for what some have called the âCopernican Revolution.â One of the most important contributions of Copernicus was to the field of astronomy.Copernicus placed the sun at the center of the universe, rather than the earth.icolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Renaissance polymath responsible for what some have called the âCopernican Revolution.â One of the most important contributions of Copernicus was to the field of astronomy. Copernicus placed the sun at the center of the universe, rather than the earth.