... seemed logically valid in light of human experience and Copernicus' model was useful for calculations, so both were left as instrumental "truths." "This semi-pluralism would last until Kepler and Galileo begin to find physical evidence for Copernicus' heliocentric universe model in the early 1600's." (North, 205) The major points of Copernicus's theory are that the earth rotates daily on its ... be judged heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, Copernicus delayed its publication until shortly before his death in 1543. Later scientists were punished for similar beliefs, including the Ita...

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