Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543, Poland) (jan 1, 1473 – jan 1, 1543)
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-couldn't explain seasons & retrograde motion of planets
-Ptolemy's 55 epicycles too complex
-simpler to believe heliocentrism
-Aristarchus
-On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies/Spheres, 1543
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