No they believed it was a bowl shape. they thought the water would fall out.
The majority of the members of the Flat Earth Society do not believe the Earth is flat. They are members because it's a counter-culture group which some people find interesting.Those who think the Earth is flat are usually motivated by religious literalism.
Nicolaus Copernicus found out what happens with the Earth's movements.
Galileo did not prove that Earth was not flat (It had already been agreed that it was round). Galileo invented the telescope and used it to prove that there were objects which did not orbit the Earth, supporting Copernicus' Heliocentric model for the universe. The Earth was known to be round by the ancient Greeks, but I do not who it found out initially (sorry).
Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the solar system and that the planets, including Earth, revolved around the Sun in circular orbits. This heliocentric model challenged the prevailing geocentric view of the time.
That the earth revolves around the sun, not that the sun revolves around the earth.
that the earth was the center of the universe and that the earth wAS FLAT
he said the earth is not flat but round it rotates around the sun to make it day&night.
Copernicus proved that the earth is flat and that we are NOT the center of all the universe. He also proved that planets rotate around the sun. He was also a well respected astronomer.
he said the earth is not flat but round it rotates around the sun to make it day&night.
Flat earth believers are almost exclusively motivated by religion or by conspiracy theory beliefs.
Part of why the Copernican revolution was so important is because it changed how people viewed the word. Before Copernicus, they believed in Ptolemy, who thought that the earth was flat.
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Earth was flat
Everyone thought that the sun orbits the Earth and all other planets but Copernicus studied the ski carefully. He found out that the Earth and all other Planets orbits the sun and the earth is not the centre of the universe. The sun is.
Centuries ago, people believed that the Earth was flat and the center of the universe due to limited understanding and observation. However, scientific advancements, such as Galileo's observations and Copernicus' heliocentric model, eventually demonstrated that the Earth is spherical and orbits the sun. This paradigm shift in understanding the natural world led to the acceptance of the Earth's true place in the cosmos.
In the past, people believed the earth was flat and the center of the universe. These beliefs were influenced by religious and cultural teachings, as well as limited scientific understanding. It was not until the 16th century that the heliocentric model was proposed by Copernicus, challenging these long-held beliefs.
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