HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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Because he feared the Church, what Polish astronomer waited to publish his heliocentric theory until he was near death?
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Johannes Kepler
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Isaac Newton
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Francis Bacon
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A Heliocentric Theory. By 1532 Copernicus had mostly completed a detailed astronomical manuscript he had been working on for 16 years. He had resisted publishing it for fear of the ensuing controversy and out of hope for more data.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Copernican (Heliocentric) Model: By 1514, Copernicus began circulating copies amongst his friends, many of whom were fellow astronomers and scholars. This forty-page manuscript described his ideas about the heliocentric hypothesis, which was based on seven general principles.
Detailed explanation-3: -Copernicus anticipated his ideas would be controversial. Because of this, he waited more than 30 years to publish his book in 1543.
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