![]() ![]() ![]() The FLAME TREE Foundations series features core publications which together have shaped the cultural landscape of the modern world, with cutting-edge research distilled into pocket guides designed to be both accessible and informative. Ultimately this would lead to the Enlightenment, and the separation of religion, government and science. On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres is an unchanged, high-quality. Ptolemy: The almagest Nicolaus Copernicus: On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres Johannes Keppler: Epitome of Copernican astronomy: IV-V and The. Not only did this promote further study to understand the place of humanity in the world and the universe, it questioned the authority of the organised Christian Church in the West to be the keeper of fundamental truths. On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres - Nicolaus Copernicus. Renaissance Natural philosopher Copernicus's great work was the consequence of long observation and resulted in the the first stage of the Scientific Revolution by correctly positing that the earth and other planets of the solar system revolved around the sun. Controversial at the time Copernicus' discoveries led to the scientific revolution, and a greater understanding of our place in the universe.Ĭopernicus' pioneering discovery of the heliocentric nature of the solar system is one of the few identifiable moments in history that define the understanding of the nature of all things. ![]()
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