Nor do I doubt that learned and skillful mathematicians will agree with me if they are willing to give not superficial but profound attention to the arguments I adduce in this work.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
Preface to De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
1543
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"For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions from a careful and skillful study of the observations."
Controversial"So, since there are many places in the Sacred Scriptures where the sun is mentioned as moving, and the earth as standing still, these people will hold that I have contradicted the Holy Scriptures."
Controversial"So that we may not err, we should always follow the footsteps of the ancients."
Controversial"Astronomy is written for astronomers."
Strange & Unusual"The spheres of the planets do not revolve about the earth as their center, but about the sun."
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