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Copernicus- Rebellion
Title: Copernicus- Rebellion
Category: History
Details: Words: 853 | Pages: 3.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Copernicus- Rebellion
In the late 1400’s to the mid 1500’s, people believed that the earth was the center of the universe. Ptolemy stated that the Earth was stationary and that the sun, moon, planets, and stars revolved around imaginary points, which in turn revolved around the Earth. Copernicus knew that nature acted in the simplest ways, so he questioned why the planets would move in such a ponderous scheme of circles (Bolton 5). Copernicus made long and careful …showed first 75 words of 853 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 853 total…and Newton proved Copernicus correct with the law of universal gravitation (Blow 16). By publishing his book Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, he challenged all men to observe, to question, and to think independently (Siedel 27) Today, to be the Copernicus of any movement means to show honesty and freedom of though, as did the old monk who lived a life of monumental importance and solitude in the monastery gardens at Frauenburg over four centuries ago (Bolton 2)
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