Nicolaus Copernicus: Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves.

Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves.

-- Nicolaus Copernicus


		Name: Nicolaus Copernicus Type: Scientist Nationality: Polish Birth: February 19, 1473 Death: May 24, 1543

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