The Copernican Revolution
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Description: Brief historical chronology of the development and acceptance of heliocentricity.
Skyscript: The Copernican Revolution by David Plant The Sun-centred or heliocentric theory of the solar system is usually associated with the 16th century Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543). It is often called 'the Copernican System', just as the Earth-centred 'Ptolemaic System' is named after Ptolemy. Yet neither Ptolemy nor Copernicus invented the systems named after them. Both formulated coherent mathematical frameworks to explain ideas that were 'in the air' during their lifetimes. The concept of a Sun-centred solar system was known to the ancient Greeks. It predates Copernicus by nearly two millennia and can be traced back several centuries before Ptolemy's pronouncement that the Earth stood fixed and motionless at the centre of the universe.
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| Page title: | Skyscript: The Copernican Revolution by David Plant |
| Keywords: | biography, biographical, bio, historical, account, planetary laws, heavens, cosmological, Ptolemy, Aristotle, Newton, theory, stellar, philosophy, heliocentricity, geocentricity, astronomy, Hypatia, Tycho, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Copernicus, Deborah Houlding, spheres, copernican, Ptolemaic, Aristotelian, Pythagorian, Newtonian, great, names, science, illustrious, David Plant, astrology, astrologer, astrological counselling, astrologist, cosmic, systems, history, traditional, william, lilly, prediction, divination, past |
| Description: | The Life and Work of Copernicus, and his importance to the history of astrology |
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