... Copernicus was Polish, he also spoke Latin, German, Italian and Greek. Furthermore, there were evidences that Copernicus could spoke Greek good enough to understand Ptolemy's Almagest. According to Thomas, "Proud of his humanist training, Copernicus could turn Greek into Latin Verse, and even advice on currency reform" (403). Thus, since Copernicus was fluent in Greek and was able to ... understand Ptolemy's Almagest which was written in Greek, translators should not be counted as a key factor that contribute to the development of astronomy. But in fact, without translators, Copernicus w...

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... and pursuit of a ideas in the growing oppositions of the Church. Drake places in prominence a character proud and obsessed with separating science and discovery from religion in a world that is not quite ready for his style, the truth that it conveys and the changes that it requires. Introduction In ... Galileo! This is clearly how science in my view is carried out today. All science and progress rests on this venerable idea which was not religiously followed by earlier philosophers to a great degree due to lack of proper observation or mathematical strengths. Drake clearly portrays Galil...

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