Comments on: Final Resting Place of Nicolas Copernicus is Confirmed

By: LLDIAZ

LLDIAZ — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:03:29 +0000

He looks like he was either drunk or bored out of his mind when he was posed for this picture.

By: Nicholos Wethington

Nicholos Wethington — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:52:48 +0000

Peter is right, Copernicus did have his nose broken early in life, which left the telltale crooked nose. But man, he is sure a dead ringer for Cochrane, chrisman.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:04:14 +0000

Copernicus had in his youth broken nose. It is a historical fact and is consistent with the reconstruction.

By: El Sofista - Confirman el hallazgo de los restos de Copérnico

El Sofista - Confirman el hallazgo de los restos de Copérnico — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:35:33 +0000

[...] Investigadores polacos y suecos confirmaron el jueves que los restos humanos hallados hace tres años en la catedral de Frombork, en Polonia, pertenecen al astrónomo Nicolás Copérnico, que habría muerto en esa localidad en 1543 [...] Fuente: Nicholos Wethington para Universe Today, y BBC.

By: Haplo

Haplo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:02:35 +0000

That's because he IS Cochrane. Kirk send him back so we could develop all the science we have now

By: Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:14:26 +0000

OMG chrisman, that is hilarious! But of course he looks like the "First Contact" Zefram, not TOS version.

By: chrisman

chrisman — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:45:16 +0000

looks more like Zefram Cochrane to me..

By: David Ghosh

David Ghosh — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:46:14 +0000

This is pretty amazing,great Astrophysical man on those days Nicolas Copernicus skull has been unearthed and new technology applied (DNA genome) to re-build the face of great man,who was confirmed to-day's (16 th Century) finding long ago,when there was no Telescope but only mathematics.
Thank you very much.
David

By: Stankiewicz

Stankiewicz — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:30:43 +0000

This is amazing that from a few old hairs they were able to make the confirmation. I was in Frombork just two years ago and took a picture of a marker in the catherdral saying he was buried there and I likley stood right over his grave. It was a fasinating place and beautuful little place to visit along the Baltic coast not far from the Russian border. I feel lucky and blessed to have been there to have been this close to my astronomical hero!

By: El Sabio

El Sabio — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:27:35 +0000

For goodness sake, please get rid of that IMVU advert. It is the most childish-looking garbage, and unfortunately it is putting me off your site. Why not replace it with an advert for telescopes?

By: Vagueofgodalming

Vagueofgodalming — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:31:01 +0000

It is awesome. And, in a few years, we'll be able to clone him, leading directly to the invention of the warp drive.

By: Nat

Nat — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:33:11 +0000

Looks like James Cromwell to me:

http://listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/tn2-james-cromwell-1.jpg

The fact that we matched DNA in a hair sample to DNA found in the bones of someone who died over four centuries ago is pretty awesome to me.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:29:57 +0000

Definately a significant find in the historical department. Hope he looked a little better than the north end of a south bound mule, but the looks with fit the logic of being a lonely old scientist

By: Astrofiend

Astrofiend — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:27:11 +0000

Copernicus – we're forever in your debt; but goddamn you were an ugly man!

Jokes aside – you can imagine the pilgrimages that will be heading over there now that it is confirmed as the site of his burial.