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physicae ) said that Scripture, and also sci-
ence, are against the earth’s motion; and
that the men of science whose opinion was
asked for by the cardinals (who wished to
know whether Galileo was right or wrong)
looked upon Copernicus as a weaver of fan-
ciful theories.
Johann Kepler is the name of the man
whose place, as is generally agreed, would
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