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On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres consisted of 6 Books discussing the movements of the Sun and planets in the solar system. Fearful of crossing the Church’s accepted teachings, Copernicus shared his findings with a select few before publishing them shortly before his death in 1543. In addition to changing astronomy, Copernicus’s empirical methods are often considered one of the important forerunners of the scientific revolution, and the use of data and proof to test hypotheses. 1500 years after Ptolemy’s theory that Earth was the center of the universe, Copernicus spun astronomy on its head with his famous De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ( On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres),

The FLAME TREE Foundations series features core publications which together have shaped the cultural landscape of the modern world, with cutting-edge research distilled into pocket guides designed to be both accessible and informative.Of all the accomplishments achieved during the Renaissance, none were as universal as Nicolaus Copernicus’s heliocentric theory of the solar system, literally. Ultimately this would lead to the Enlightenment, and the separation of religion, government and science. Not only did this promote further study to understand the place of humanity in the world and the universe, it questioned the authority of the organised Christian Church in the West to be the keeper of fundamental truths.

Renaissance Natural philosopher Copernicus's great work was the consequence of long observation and resulted in the the first stage of the Scientific Revolution by correctly positing that the earth and other planets of the solar system revolved around the sun. Controversial at the time Copernicus' discoveries led to the scientific revolution, and a greater understanding of our place in the universe.Ĭopernicus' pioneering discovery of the heliocentric nature of the solar system is one of the few identifiable moments in history that define the understanding of the nature of all things.