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Martin Luther once made a remark about Copernicus, although without mentioning his name. According to Anthony Lauterbach, while eating with Martin Luther the topic of Copernicus arose during dinner on 4 June 1539 (in the same year as professor George Joachim Rheticus of the local University had been granted leave to visit him).
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (English translation: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) is the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) of the Polish Renaissance.
Martin Luther's face and hands cast at his death. ... 9 Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, ... 24 Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543; Leonhard Euler, ...
Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus (1578) [c] Nicolaus Copernicus in his De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ("On the revolution of heavenly spheres", first printed in 1543 in Nuremberg), presented a discussion of a heliocentric model of the universe in much the same way as Ptolemy in the 2nd century had presented his geocentric model in his ...
The appearance of unforeseen, singular, celestial novelties between 1572 and 1604 pushed a handful of astronomer-astrologers to consider whether alternative planetary orderings, including those of Copernicus, Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), Nicolaus Reimars Baer (1551-1600) and Paul Wittich (1546-1586) could better explain the unanticipated phenomena.
1543 – Nicolaus Copernicus theorizes in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium that the earth revolves around the sun, challenging the Ptolemaic system. [ 5 ] 1563 – The Council of Trent holds their final session, reaffirming thomist scholasticism as central to the Catholic theology, prompting significant debate between Protestants and Catholics.
Nicolaus Copernicus Gesamtausgabe, the comprehensive, commented collection of works by, about, and related to Nicolaus Copernicus Heidegger Gesamtausgabe , the collected works of Martin Heidegger Weimar edition of Martin Luther's works , the critical complete edition of all writings of Martin Luther and his verbal statements, in Latin and German
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). Scientist, whose works affected Philosophy of Science. Sir Thomas More (1478–1535). Humanist, created term "utopia". Martin Luther (1483–1546). Major Western Christian theologian.