UNIVERSE
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Thegreatest contribution of the Copernican system to modern science is its challenge of the primacy of Earth in the universe. At the time, many Europeans considered this hereticalbecause of the religiouslyrooted notions of the universe.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Galileo Galilei
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James Hutton
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Renaissance polymath responsible for what some have called the “Copernican Revolution.” One of the most important contributions of Copernicus was to the field of astronomy. Copernicus placed the sun at the center of the universe, rather than the earth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Astronomy. The Scientific Revolution began in astronomy. Although there had been earlier discussions of the possibility of Earth’s motion, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was the first to propound a comprehensive heliocentric theory equal in scope and predictive capability to Ptolemy’s geocentric system.
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