‘On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres’ “It went against everything that your senses tell you. It went against common sense, it went against your feeling that certainly the ground underneath you is not moving, is not spinning around.” — author Dava Sobel on Copernicus’ assertion that the Earth and its neighbors revolved around the sun (NPR)

‘On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres’

“It went against everything that your senses tell you. It went against common sense, it went against your feeling that certainly the ground underneath you is not moving, is not spinning around.” — author Dava Sobel on Copernicus’ assertion that the Earth and its neighbors revolved around the sun (NPR)

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    Only class I enjoy this semester.
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    Great new book by Dava Sobel!
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    Yes, the sphere IS heavenly.
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    Are u willing to accept truths that are foreign to ur current understanding? #grow #evolve
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