Naming the stars

[pallas_athena]

Copernicus's body has been found. Or rather, a skeleton interred in a cathedral where he is known to have lived has been identified as his. There's the obligatory facial reconstruction making him look like a serial murderer; for an antidote, check out the picture of young, hot Copernicus on this brief biography link.

Here's a more detailed biography with more emphasis on his writings; a good explanation of Copernican astronomy (with a nifty little animated thingy explaining retrograde motion) is here.

Comments

[bigscarypilot.livejournal.com]

That is rather interesting. Since we are bringing mammoths back through genetic material, I wonder if we could bring back past brilliant people too.

[artnouveauho.livejournal.com]

It seems kind of cruel to make a Copernicus live in today's society... he might well be disappointed in us, I think.

[nanashi-jones.livejournal.com]

He looks more like an erudite, if unhappy, Gaiman intellectual character. This too could be a serial murderer, but he looks to frumpy for the job.

[artnouveauho.livejournal.com]

H'mm. Maybe we should introduce him to Lucien...

[fracture242.livejournal.com]

I love you angel, but I'm now somewhat concerned about what you believe constitutes a 'young, hot' man...

[artnouveauho.livejournal.com]

Hey, he wrote some great stuff about heavenly bodies! They revolve, apparently.

[larissa-00.livejournal.com]

young, hot gents from history . . . . there's a thought . . . .
Albrecht Dürer looks pretty good in this self portrait :-)

[artnouveauho.livejournal.com]

Hm. Pro: Fine fashion sense. Contra: Scraggly beard. I'll have dinner with him if he'll shave.