For the motion of the earth is of such a nature that it can account for all the apparent motions of the heavenly bodies.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (central argument)
1543
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Controversial"Perhaps there will be babblers who, although completely ignorant of mathematics, nevertheless dare to pass judgment on these things, and because of some passage in Holy Scripture, want to distort my b…"
Strange & Unusual"To attribute the motion of the earth to the sun is as absurd as to attribute the motion of the sun to the earth."
Strange & Unusual"And so, in the first book, I describe the earth's general position and its various motions, and then I pass to the other planets, showing how their motions are related to the earth's."
Controversial"For it is clear that the earth performs a double motion: one about its axis, and another about the sun."
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