Benjamin Franklin's Enlightenment world of philosophy, spectacle and electricity.
Revolúcie vo vede Séria
Táto séria sa ponorí do búrlivých období vedeckých objavov, ktoré zmenili naše chápanie sveta. Preskúma nielen samotné revolučné myšlienky, ale aj ľudské príbehy a spoločenské otrasy, ktoré ich sprevádzali. Odhaľuje, ako sa vedecká pravda často rodila v boji proti zavedeným dogmám a ako tieto premeny ovplyvnili našu civilizáciu. Čitatelia sa stanú svedkami fascinujúcich zvratov v histórii ľudského poznania.
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Moving Heaven and Earth
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Given that the earth very definitely seems to be stationary, and given that even in our own time, the mathematical and astronomical procidures used by navigatiors to calculate their positions assume that the earth is stationary, what could have driven Copernicus to insist that the earth must be in motion?
