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Latin in Physics. Nicolaus Coppernicus, De revolutionibus orbium caelestium. Reformer of our Conception of the World: Coppernicus, Kepler, Gauß.
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Latin in Physics Nicolaus Coppernicus, De revolutionibus orbium caelestium.
Reformer of our Conception of the World: Coppernicus, Kepler, Gauß In the 16th century the geocentric conception of the world was common. The earth was considered as the centre of the universe and not as a normal planet. The planets and the moon were believed to circulate around the earth.
Nicolaus Coppernicus Nicolaus Coppernicus (1473-1543) was the first scientist who questioned the geocentric conception of the world. He thought that the sun was the centre of our galaxy and that the earth and all other planets (he considered the earth as a “normal” planet) circulate around the sun (heliocentric conception of the world). He had no scientific evidence for his theory and almost nobody believed it, because it questioned the special position of the earth.
Johannes Kepler The three laws of Johannes Kepler (16th/17th century) proved that Coppernicus was right. His only error was that he thought the orbits of the planets around the sun were circular, but in fact they are elliptical. All other ideas Coppernicus had were scientifically proved by the three laws of Kepler.
Carl Marcus Gauß Carl Marcus Gauß (18th/17th century) calculated orbits of a tremendous amount of little planets without using any calculator. However, his work has no really theoretical significance as he did not have any new ideas or theories about the universe.
