History of discovery · 16th–17th century

The Copernican Revolution

The shift from an Earth-centred to a Sun-centred cosmos — from Copernicus's heliocentric proposal, through Galileo's telescopic evidence and Kepler's laws of planetary motion, to Newton's gravity that explained them all. The founding revolution of modern astronomy, and the archetype of a scientific revolution.

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›The revolution that moved the Earth from the centre

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Paradigm Shifts

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Associated withParadigm Shifts
Associated withNicolaus Copernicus
Associated withGalileo Galilei
Associated withJohannes Kepler
Associated withThe Scientific Revolution

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The Copernican Revolution

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Astronomers, eras & methods

Across the history of discovery

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The Copernican Revolution

Highlights

Astronomers, eras & methods

Across the history of discovery

Knowledge connections

Sources