"Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the systematic procession of events and the harmony of the whole Universe, if only we face the facts, as they say, "with both eyes open.""
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As quoted in The Copernican Revolution : Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought (1957) by Thomas S. Kuhn
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Nicolaus Copernicus
1473 â 1543
preuĂischer Astronom, Domherr, Jurist und Mediziner
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