I'm not sure that Copernicus considered all of the
implications of what would later be called the "Big Bang theory," but he was the first
man to put forward the notion that the Sun was the center of the universe. In 1514,
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), a Polish astronomer, first discounted the accepted
geocentric system advanced by Ptolemy nearly 14 centuries earlier. Copernicus' idea,
known as the heliocentric system, proposed the theory that all of the planets revolved
around the Sun. More than four centuries would pass before Fred Hoyle coined the term
"Big Bang" in 1949.
Friday, March 27, 2015
How did Copernicus contribute to the Big Bang theory?
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