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The real story of how the scientific and religious establishments greeted the Copernican revolution is quite different from the folklore. And it’s a lot more interesting.
© 2007 American Institute of Physics
Acknowledgments: My thanks to Owen Gingerich for an enlightening discussion and many helpful suggestions.
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