Part one of term paper
The discoveries of many scientist and great thinkers of the "Age of Reason" have all contributed to the entire scope of how we view astronomy today. The shift was of a less secular thesis to one based on humanism and the Scientific Method. There were several great thinkers that led to this discovery on the scientific level, which chiefly b ...

Part two of term paper
... the sun (an error on Copernicus's part... only our solar system revolves around the Earth -- not the universe!) then all of his mathematical formulas would become more "aesthetic". Thus, he composed the theory, which led to great controversial book "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres" in which the church was greatly angered. While Copernicus's book was not a revolutionary book, it was, however, a catalyst to make other minds ponder the new Heliocentric theory. After Copernicus's dea ...