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Nicolaus Copernicus: De Revolutionibus, preface and book 1, etc
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He had just read Copernicus' De Revolutionibus, which puts the sun back in the I say back because the Greeks knew this, but they got lost in the Dark Ages.
Neil deGrasse Tyson · StarTalk Radio · Feb 2026 Listen at 21:23 The best things said about it
So, this is exactly what he's looking at, and he was looking at um heliocentric model of the universe, for instance. So, cool story on that. 100 years before Galileo proclaims his insight, you have Copernicus. Full full century before. Yeah. But, his great work, which was called De revolutionibus, he kind of sort of squeaks it out basically on.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Jan 2026 Why people recommend it
Nicolaus Copernicus: De Revolutionibus, preface and book 1, etc. is a foundational astronomical text by Nicolaus Copernicus that introduced the heliocentric model of the universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson mentioned the book on StarTalk Radio while discussing historical scientific figures, noting that Giordano Bruno had read Copernicus's work when developing his own cosmological ideas about the sun and the universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson reminded listeners that while ancient Greek astronomers had previously understood heliocentric concepts, that knowledge was largely lost during the Dark Ages before Copernicus revived it. In a separate episode of Modern Wisdom, Chris Williamson also discussed the historical significance of the book while examining conceptual inertia and the gradual progress of human ideas. Chris Williamson pointed out that the monumental work was published a full century before Galileo proclaimed his own astronomical insights, highlighting the courage and patience required for scientific advancement over the centuries and illustrating how revolutionary ideas take generations to be fully recognized and accepted by mainstream society.
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Chris Williamson So, this is exactly what he's looking at, and he was looking at um heliocentric model of the universe, for… 1
“So, this is exactly what he's looking at, and he was looking at um heliocentric model of the universe, for instance. So, cool story on that. 100 years before Galileo proclaims his insight, you have Copernicus. Full full century before. Yeah. But, his great work, which was called De revolutionibus, he kind of sort of squeaks it out basically on”
Neil deGrasse Tyson He had just read Copernicus' De Revolutionibus, which puts the sun back in the I say back because the Greek… 1
“He had just read Copernicus' De Revolutionibus, which puts the sun back in the I say back because the Greeks knew this, but they got lost in the Dark Ages.”
