Yet because the novelty of the undertaking, which I knew to be contrary to the accepted views of the common people, might be regarded as absurd, I long hesitated.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
Yet because the novelty of the undertaking, which I knew to be contrary to the accepted views of the common people, might be regarded as absurd, I long hesitated.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
Dedication to Pope Paul III in 'De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium'
1543
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