HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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One of the inventors to the steam engine
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discovered the heliocentric theory
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crossbreeding and selective breeding
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discovered green manure in the disguise of a turnip
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus detailed his radical theory of the Universe in which the Earth, along with the other planets, rotated around the Sun. His theory took more than a century to become widely accepted.
Detailed explanation-2: -Copernicus adopted a heliocentric view because it better explained the motions of the heavens mathematically. This view had the Earth and other planets moving in circles around the fixed Sun.
Detailed explanation-3: -Earlier earth was considered to be at the center and all celestial bodies move around it. But later on Nicholas Copernicus proposed another model called ‘Heliocentric model’ where sun was placed at the center and all the celestial bodies including the earth revolve around it.