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Why was Copernicus theory controversial?
The theory was very controversial at the time because it went against the Bible (which was highly opposed as the Catholic Church had a lot of power and therefore most people were brought up to believe the Bible), and in 1616 the Catholic Church prohibited support of the heliocentric theory.It went against the Bible by suggesting that it was the Earth, that moved not the Sun. Whereas the Bible suggested that the Sun is the one that moves and the Earth stays stationary. The Church prohibited the assertion that the Earth moved, but allowed the Copernican theory to be taught as a theory for predicting the planets' movements.
What does the Heliocentric Theory State?
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Who was Copernicus and what was heliocentric theory?
Nicholas Copernicus 1473-1543 was a Polish priest and astronomer who created an alternative model of the planets, known as the heliocentric theory, which put the Sun at the centre, instead of the Earth as generally accepted at that time.He knew it would get him into trouble with the church, and his book 'De Revolutionibus' was not published until the year he died. The theory with the Sun at the centre was similar to the old Ptolemaic system with its collection of circles and epicycles allowing for the changes in distance and the changes in planets' speeds, and their departure from the ecliptic.His theory was taken up by Galileo in a famous dispute with the church. At around the same time Tycho Brahe made new more accurate observations of the planets from Denmark, and these were used by Johannes Kepler to produce a new model published in 1609.Kepler's model is the one we use today, and it has the Sun at the centre, like the Copernican model, but all the other details of Copernicus's theory were rejected in favour of elliptical orbits.
Who came up with pi?
who invented, or came up with "pi" in math? How did they come up with the estimation of 3.14?
Who invented the pythagorean theorem?
Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek mathematician who founded a religious movement and came up with Pythagorean Theorum. Other theories include arguments that the theory predates him, or that it was rediscovered and popularized by one of his students.
