Copernicus Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Nicolaus Copernicus, fearing ridicule and rejection, refused to publish his discovery that the earth revolves around the sun. For 26 years, he shared his…

— Edify.me

“Copernicus theorized that the Earth revolved around the sun, but it was not until he lay on his deathbed that he published anything regarding…

— Rob Dunn

“Nicolaus Copernicus was the father of the heliocentric model—the belief that the planets revolve around the sun—which ignited a scientific revolution in the 1500s…

— Dan Brown

First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to…

— William James

“and I think (like you, by the way) that theory cannot be fabricated out of the results of observation, but that it can only…

— Albert Einstein

To come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise application, are two different things, as the history of science teaches…

— Alfred North Whitehead

“Some of the men to whom Copernicus communicated his theory were German Lutherans, but when Luther came to know of it, he was profoundly…

— Bertrand Russell

And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory.…

— Douglas Sirk

“I don’t believe in astronomy. Or is it astrology? I always get those two confused. But I’ll tell you, that Copernicus was full of…

— Jarod Kintz

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of…

— Mary McCarthy

We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is]…

— Robert Shapiro

A good scientific theory is one which is falsifiable, which has not been falsified.

— Richard Dawkins