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Copernicus was reluctant to publish his ideas because he knew that the church would oppose him, so he was scared of being kill. this is why copernicus was reluctant of publishing his ideas
Copernicus was employed by the Church and was reluctant to publish work that contradicted the scriptures. Publication of his book was delayed until the year he died, 1543.
People didnt believeCcopernicus because he had no scientific evidence until after he was dead and Galileo came along later.
His most important work, On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres , was written entirely by him. He used other's astronomical observations, but wrote the book on his own.A fellow mathematician, Georg Rheticus, was very helpful in convincing Copernicus to publish his work.
He said the world orbited the sun, people didnt like this because they believed everything revolved around us, earth!