A Copernican revolution in modern art. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
In the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
De Revolutionibus would lead to a paradigm shift in cosmology known as the Copernican Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [[stpaulswired.org] Thoughts from the Journey] Reference
It flies in the face of the so-called Copernican principle and implies that our existence is... well... a miracle. From Wordnik.com. [Seth Shostak: Are We a Biological Miracle?] Reference
It flies in the face of the so-called Copernican principle and implies that our existence is ... well ... a miracle. From Wordnik.com. [Seth Shostak: Are We a Biological Miracle?] Reference
The new system is called Copernican after its first modern exponent -- and its general acceptance went far to annihilate astrology and to place astronomy upon a rational basis. From Wordnik.com. [A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.] Reference
I'd much rather my book be "Copernican", personally, but for most authors that's too much to hope for. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
It looked to me like some kind of Copernican revolution happening in his head ... in deadly slow motion!. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Morning Roundup] Reference
Kant's much more radical, "Copernican" one; and Kant's revolution in ethics was the necessary foundation to (unwittingly) pave the way for Nietzsche's extreme reaction against it. From Wordnik.com. [Introducing Kant] Reference
Copernicus, and is now received as the Copernican system. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
They very nearly failed to assimilate the Copernican cosmogony. From Wordnik.com. [Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge] Reference
Imagine the Copernican theory relying on such piffle for support. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
Against Galileo, the war against the Copernican theory was concentrated. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
Though Milton was conversant with the Copernican theory, and entertained. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
None the less accurate is Milton's description of the Copernican system. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
The anti-Copernican forces have pretty much taken over the GOP, seems to me. From Wordnik.com. [Feelin' equinoctial again] Reference
Copernican theory prevailed, because it was reconcilable with all the facts. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
How did the discoveries of Galileo and Kepler confirm the Copernican theory?. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Ptolemaic and the Copernican astronomy, and it is very much of the same kind. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
It would be plain pre-Copernican to believe that life cannot occur anywhere else. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Come In, Mars] Reference
This bewildering conception of the cosmos did not trouble the minds of pre-Copernican thinkers. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
In his allusion to the Copernican system the 'planet' 'Earth' is described by Milton as seventh. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
This seemed incredible to Tycho, and he therefore concluded that the Copernican theory was incorrect. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Tycho Brahé, who declined to accept the Copernican theory, disbelieved that the stars were suns, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Copernican system, is now regarded as, and has been proved to be, the true theory of the solar system. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
He then suddenly changes to the Copernican system, which he lucidly describes in the following lines. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Imagine the Copernican or the gravitation theory depending on a number of possibilities or probabilities!. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
Copernican theories, harmonize with each other as every branch of mathematics harmonizes with every other. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
Copernican theory, in accounting for the occurrence of celestial phenomena, as compared with the Ptolemaic. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
In astronomy, the Copernican system was just struggling into notice, and far from being universally received. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
= This statement of the leading principle of the Copernican system, as a mere rhetorical paradox, is remarkable. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
I refer to the three greatest events in science: the discovery of the Copernican system, the three laws of Kepler, and. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881] Reference
Tycho Brahé declined to accept the Copernican theory, and devised a system of his own, which he called the 'Tychonic.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Indeed, for the building up of a picture of the dynamic structure of our system, the Copernican view-point is inadequate. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
He's promised top managers to undertake a "Copernican revolution" at the company, and he offered to send Colaninno a gift for forcing the pace of change -- if Olivetti loses. From Wordnik.com. [Commence Firing!] Reference
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