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Copernicanism |
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Copernicanism the fundamental theoretical basis of modern astronomy, first demonstrated in the early 16th century by Copernicus, who showed that the earth and the other planets orbit around the sun. Cf. Ptolemaism. See also: AstronomyHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In 1615, a Neapolitan priest named Paolo Antonio Forcarini published a book reinterpreting the Bible to be compatible with Copernicanism (this shows that there were clergy on both sides of the issue). I told you to treat Copernicanism no more than as a hypothetical construct. 95) In the period of the Starry Messenger, "Galileo was not attacked because he was a Copernican but because of his (and his discoveries') extreme visibility and his success in becoming the mathematician and philosopher of the grand duke," and when he was charged with Copernicanism it was only one of the many means deployed in aiming at such a visible target. |
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