The following essay will describe and define the Copernican Revolution.

             will speak about Nicolous Copernicus and who he was and what he stood for.

             and why it is important for us to understand Copernicus and this revolution.

             in order for us too fully understand the modern subject. The following.

             essay will explain the shift from the previous believed Aristotle Ptolemaic.

             or geocentric model to the heliocentric model and how this shift became the.

             starting point of the scientific revolution in the 16th century and how.

             this revolution brought about the theories of Johannes Kepler, Galileo.

             Galilei and Isaac Newton. This change challenged previous misconceptions.

             about the universe, sun and earth as well as the moons that orbit the.

             planets. This revolution would be seen at the time as going against the.

             church and being in contrast to religion and many of their beliefs at the.

             time, especially those of the Catholic church who were seen as the.

             frontiers of science.

             Nicolous Copernicus was born in 1473 in Poland, he studied astrology,.

             astronomy and mathematics. In 1514, Copernicus wrote the Commentariolus,.

             which inside included his 7 famous axioms:.

             1. There is no one center in the universe.

             2. The Earth's center is not the center of the universe.

             3. The center of the universe is near the sun.

             4. The distance from the Earth to the sun is imperceptible compared with.

             the distance to the stars.

             5. The rotation of the Earth accounts for the apparent daily rotation of.

             the stars.

             6. The apparent annual cycle of movements of the sun is caused by the Earth.

             revolving round it.

             7. The apparent retrograde motion of the planets is caused by the motion of.

             the Earth from which one observes.

             The Commentariolus was later written into Copernicus' new book, "On the.

             Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" that would cast him and his theories.

             into the public eye and especially that of the Catholic church(Shaer;.

             2013).

             Before the Copernican revolution the main theory concerning the earth and.