1. Copernicus and Descartes
The answer to his questions was: 'I think therefore I am'. ... Aristotle was the first to devise a plausible theory of the universe. ... He did this through combining his cosmology and astronomy with Aristotle's physics. ... In 1543 a priest named Copernicus published a book called 'De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium". In this book he discussed his heliocentric theory which argued that the Sun is the centre of the universe and does not move just like the stars. ...
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