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Because people liked to believe that the Earth was at the centre of the universe and the Ptolemaic model of the universe had been seen as accurate for so long that any other idea was disapproved. It's like Darwin's theory of evolution, at the time nobody liked to believe it, it was only years later that we realised it was an extremely likely theory.
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Why do Copernicus preferred to work alone?
I think that Copernicus preferred to work alone because what he thought went against common religious beliefs.
Which scientist's work did Copernicus contradict?
aristotle
Where did Nicolas Copernicus do most of his work?
In the university of Krakow.
Which best describes the work of Nicolaus Copernicus?
anex: developing a heliocentric theory
In this passage Copernicus states the he accomplished his work by?
questioning the principles of scientific method
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