Copernicanism

And it was Galileo who was spinning a mere fancy, based on his faith in Copernicanism, while his Jesuit opponents explicitly contradicted the Catholic Church's favorite natural philosopher, Aristotle, based on their scientific studies.

Barney Teaches a "Scientific Fact" 2007

"Copernicanism", that is, a heliocentric solar system with _circular_ orbits, was long dead.

Monty Python it is not - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Basically, Bellarmine had told Galileo that it was okay to teach Copernicanism as a mathematical method of predicting planetary positions.

February 15th, 2009 m_francis 2009

Well, in order to avoid any potential embarrassment to Copernicanism, Galileo decided to deny the physical reality of comets.

Barney Teaches a "Scientific Fact" 2007

The Church did not agree and ordered him to not believe in or teach Copernicanism.

Galileo 2009

His support of Copernicanism was reinforced by his improvements to the telescope which enabled him to make many major astronomical observations and discoveries.

Patterns: Evolution from New Ideas to Profound Human Impact 2009

In it, he clearly argued that Copernicanism was correct.

Galileo 2009

His discovery of four moons circling Jupiter causes shockwaves in contemporary science, but he brings himself to the attention of the Church in Rome when he uses the motion of the Jovian moons to advance the heretical notion of Copernicanism, which states that the Sun is the centre of the universe and the planets orbit it, in opposition to Church doctrine that the Earth is the centre of everything.

Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson Adam Whitehead 2009

They had a friendly discussion and Urban declared that Copernicanism could never be proved true.

Galileo 2009

At the end of the trial, he stuck with the story that he never believed in Copernicanism after 1616.

Galileo 2009