For when a ship is floating calmly along, the sailors see i… - Nicolaus Copernicus

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For when a ship is floating calmly along, the sailors see its motion mirrored in everything outside, while on the other hand they suppose that they are stationary, together with everything on board. In the same way, the motion of the earth can unquestionably produce the impression that the entire universe is rotating.

Nicolaus Copernicus

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Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was an early modern astronomer and mathematician; proponent of the heliocentric cosmic model. His book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium [On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres], is often regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy and the defining epiphany that began the Scientific Revolution.

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Alternative Names: Niklas Koppernigk • Mikołaj Kopernik • Nikolaus Kopernikus • Copernicus • Kopernikus

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I often considered whether there could perhaps be found a more reasonable arrangement of circles.

The earth together with its
surrounding waters must in fact have
such a shape as its shadow reveals,
for it eclipses the moon with the arc
of a perfect circle.
Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543 AD

Mathemata mathematicis scribuntur.

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