For it is the work of a good mathematician to compute the motions of the heavenly bodies, and to predict their positions at any given time.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (description of astronomical work)
1543
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"Perhaps there will be babblers who, although completely ignorant of mathematics, nevertheless dare to pass judgment on these things, and because of some passage in Holy Scripture, want to distort my b…"
Strange & Unusual"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"It is not incredible that the earth moves, but that it stands still, that is incredible."
Strange & Unusual"The universe is a harmonious system, and all its parts are in perfect accord."
Strange & Unusual"For the motion which appears to us in the heavens is not in the heavens themselves, but in the earth."
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