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Happy 540th Birthday, Copernicus, have a Google Doodle
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20th February 2013, 06:44
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| [M] Reviewer  Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania
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 |  Happy 540th Birthday, Copernicus, have a Google Doodle It may be obvious now, but when Heliocentrism was cooked up by Nicolaus Copernicus, he was branded a heretic. The idea that the Earth orbited the Sun, conceived without the aid of any equipment, would only be proved half a century later, when Galileo built a telescope and pointed it heavenward. Fortunately, ol' Nick's contribution hasn't been forgotten, and so today's Google Doodle shows the planets all gently orbiting our nearest star. http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/19/c...google-doodle/ |
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