heliocentric system
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Despite the church’s objections, Kepler’s heliocentric system would prevail eventually, because Kepler was right and Aristotle was wrong.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
This explained the motion of the planets in the heavens with incredible accuracy; no longer could astronomers object that the heliocentric system was inferior to the geocentric one.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
And most certainly this great philosopher—who revealed to the world the heliocentric system before Copernicus and Galileo—knew better than anyone else how dependent are the least sounds in nature on Akasha and its interrelations.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky
Then they were observed not as the experiences of individuals but as instances of planetary order in a heliocentric system.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
Although the heliocentric system is not mentioned in the treatise, a quotation in the Arenarius of Archimedes from a work of Aristarchus proves that he anticipated the great discovery of Copernicus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
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