Copernicus

Examples

• Tycho Brahe had a great reverence for Copernicus, but he did not accept his planetary system; and he fe lt that advance in astronomy depended on painstaking observation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Formerly he had taught the old system of Aristotle to his classes, now, after a searching investigation, he declared his belief in the contrary conclusions of Copernicus. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This divided the world of Italy into two camps, the one those who believed in Aristotle and the old learning, the other those who followed Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Science then also revived, and Copernicus, the Pole, gave us the true theory of the solar system. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The work of Pe urbach had as commentator the first teacher in astronomy of Copernicus (1473-1543). Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This view was so contrary to prevailing beliefs that Copernicus refused to publish his theory for th irty-six years. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• L ater Copernicus spent nine years in Italy, studying at the universities and acquainting himself wit h Ptolemaic and other ancient views concerning the motions of the planets. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In the century following the death of Copernicus, two great scientists, Bacon and Descartes, compared all knowledge to a tree, of which the separate sciences are branches. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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