Polish - Scientist | February 19, 1473 - May 24, 1543
Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun.
Nicolaus Copernicus
WorkFearMeViewAbsurdityBecause
Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion is natural, not violent.
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More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen to rise.
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First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.
UniverseFirstMustNote
Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms.
OceanEarthForthEverywhereDeeper
So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do.
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Therefore I would not have it unknown to Your Holiness, the the only thing which induced me to look for another way of reckoning the movements of the heavenly bodies was that I knew that mathematicians by no means agree in their investigation thereof.
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Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions.
MovingEarthNowNothingSuit
Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in the first book all the positions of the orbits together with the movements which I ascribe to the Earth, in order that this book might contain, as it were, the general scheme of the universe.
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