Author: Nicolaus Copernicus

Quotes

Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.

Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.

- Nicolaus Copernicus

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

- Nicolaus Copernicus

In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility.

In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility.

- Nicolaus Copernicus

The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle.

The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle.

- Nicolaus Copernicus

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