It is enough if the hypotheses save the phenomena.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
Preface to De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (Osiander's anonymous preface, not Copernicus's words)
1543
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Controversial"The difficulty of the task, and the novelty of the opinion, almost deterred me from publishing the work."
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