When Copernicus was 40 years old, he put forward Heliocentrism, which denied the authority of the church and changed people's views on nature and themselves. At that time, the Roman Catholic Church thought that his Heliocentrism violated the Bible. Copernicus still firmly believed in Heliocentrism and thought that Heliocentrism was not contradictory to him. After years of observation and calculation, he completed his masterpiece "The Theory of the Operation of Celestial Bodies".

1533, 60-year-old Copernicus made a series of speeches in Rome, but it was not until he was nearly 70 years old that he finally decided to publish them. 1543 On May 24th, Copernicus received a book written by him from the publishing house on the day of his death.

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The history of Copernicus

Copernicus was a giant in the European Renaissance. He devoted his whole life to astronomical research, leaving a valuable legacy to future generations. Due to the limitation of the times, Copernicus only moved the center of the universe from the earth to the sun, and did not give up the theory of cosmocentrism and cosmofinity. After Kepler in Germany summed up the three laws of planetary motion and Newton in Britain discovered the law of gravity, Copernicus' theory of the sun center became more stable.

Engels spoke highly of Copernicus' theory of celestial motion in Dialectics of Nature. He said: "The declaration of independence by natural science seems to repeat Luther's revolutionary action of burning the Oracle, that is, the publication of Copernicus' immortal works. He used this book (timidly, and only on his deathbed) to challenge the authority of the church on natural things, and natural science began to be liberated from theology. "

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Baidu encyclopedia-Copernicus