| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - In 1543, Copernicus published the first mathematically-based argument that the Earth revolved around the sun instead of the other way around. (In fact, he published it as a ???thought experiment??? because he knew it would meet resistance.) The math required to make the sun and other planets orbit the Earth was horrendously complex and included a lot of odd rules and exceptions.
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