#Caldera @Caldera Official Copernicus was born and died in the same place; Royal Prussia, which was part of the Polish Empire until 1466. He was a mathematician, astronomer, physicist, modern scholar, translator, governor, diplomat, and economist. In 1517, he developed a quantitative theory of money, which can be considered the main idea of economics. In 1519, he also provided an economic formula, later known as Grissom's formula.