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Copernican System
advocates and adversaries – Galileo’s support
Galileo
Copernicus’ development of the system
advocates and adversaries
advocates and adversaries – Galileo’s support
advocates and adversaries – work of Johannes Kepler
forerunners of the Copernican system
importance in history of science
philosophical implications
picture of Copernicus
picture of the Copernican System
quotations
reaction of the Church
Galileo
Galileo (1564-1642), Italian physicist and astronomer who, with German astronomer Johannes Kepler, initiated the scientific revolution that flowered...
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