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Paolo Foscarini mysteriously died soon after the banning of his book defending this Pole's astronomical ideas |
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17th CENTURY HAPPENINGS |
2025-11-03 |
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At first the church didn't oppose this Polish man's ideas; the center of the universe was filthy, so better not to be there |
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GOOD HISTORY |
2022-07-18 |
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It is often said of this man that he "stopped the Sun and moved the Earth" |
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16th CENTURY SCIENTISTS |
2014-07-17 |
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Chicago's Adler Planetarium.) In celebration of his 500th birthday, a statue of this Polish astronomer was dedicated outside the Adler Planetarium in 1973 |
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20th CENTURY AMERICANA |
2005-07-22 |
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For the last 8 years of his life, Galileo was under house arrest for espousing this man's theory |
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HISTORY |
2004-12-31 |
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In 1543 this Polish astronomer wrote, "Finally we shall place the sun himself at the center of the universe" |
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
2003-11-14 |
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