How did the developments in scientific thought from Copernicus to Newton create a new conception of the universe and humanity's place in it?

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Aristotle believed that earth was the closest planet to heaven, and other was crystal that orbits around the earth. Copernicus started to question his idea and he concludes that sun was in the middle of all planets. Furthermore, he believed other planets rotate around the sun...
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Aristotle believed that earth was the closest planet to heaven, and other was crystal that orbits around the earth. Copernicus started to question his idea and he concludes that sun was in the middle of all planets. Furthermore, he believed other planets rotate around the sun...
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How did the developments in scientific thought from Copernicus to Newton create a new conception of the universe and humanity's place in it? Aristotle believed that earth was the closest planet to heaven, and other was crystal that orbits around the earth. Copernicus started to question his idea and he concludes that sun was in the middle of all planets...	1 / 236
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