Nicolaus Copernicus · Science
The objections to a moving Earth were overwhelming: no wind, no parallax, stones falling straight down. How Copernicus answered them - partly with brilliance, partly with bluff - and why the real answer needed a new physics he did not have.
You learned that a moving Earth faced devastating objections - the lack of any felt motion, stones falling straight down, no visible stellar parallax - and that Copernicus could not fully answer them with the physics of his day. In your own words, explain why these objections were so strong, and what new idea was need…
Leads to Aristotle.
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