A School of Continuing and Professional Studies course led a deputy police chief in Illinois to look deeper at her profession ...

WARSAW - Poland summoned the Russian ambassador and said it would close the Russian consulate in Krakow after evidence showed Moscow was responsible for a huge fire that almost completely ...

Did Copernicus borrow his cosmological theory from an earlier Muslim scientist? New research finds striking resemblance between Copernicus’s heliocentric treatise and a Muslim scientist’s ...

Krakow: Aerial views show Poland's second-largest city ... the oldest building of the Jagiellonian University, where astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus once studied.

Poland has many salt mines, the most famous being Wieliczka, located in the metropolitan area of Krakow. It is one of the world’s oldest salt mines and was first excavated in the 13th century. It ...

The Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (NCU) was established in 1945 and today stands as one of Poland’s largest higher education institutions. It is named after Renaissance mathematician and ...

Copernicus began his university studies in 1491 at the Academy of Krakow (today the Jagiellonian University), ... Poland, where Copernicus worked as a canon and astronomer.

He loved Copernicus, hated Mickiewicz. He edited the best algebra textbook in Europe, he constructed the first balloon in Poland and a crater on the Moon was named after him. He was faithful to ...

Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543), the founder of modern astronomy, ... of a prosperous merchant, he was raised after his father’s death by a maternal uncle, who enabled him to enter the University of ...

Map of cities in Poland. Warsaw Hop On Hop Off Tour – Discover Warsaw at your own pace.; Krakow Old Town Evening Walk – Explore the Old Town and castle.; Wroclaw Sightseeing By Electric Car – Save ...

Krakow is one of central Europe’s jewels; with a history that stretches back to the 10th century. It is also the best preserved city in Poland, the old town centre having escaped the destruction ...