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-'''''De sphaera mundi''''' ([[Latin]] meaning ''On the Sphere of the World'', sometimes rendered ''The Sphere of the Cosmos''; the Latin title is also given as '''''Tractatus de sphaera''''', or simply '''''De sphaera''''') is a [[medieval]] introduction to the basic elements of [[astronomy]] written by [[Johannes de Sacrobosco]] (John of Holywood) c. 1230. Based heavily on [[Ptolemy]]'s ''[[Almagest]]'', and drawing additional ideas from [[Islamic astronomy]], it was one of the most influential works of pre-[[Copernican Revolution|Copernican]] astronomy in Europe.+The '''Copernican Revolution''' refers to the [[paradigm shift]] away from the [[Ptolemaic system|Ptolemaic model]] of the heavens, which postulated the [[Earth]] at the center of the [[galaxy]], towards the [[Copernican heliocentrism|heliocentric model]] with the [[Sun]] at the center of our Solar System. It was one of the starting points of the [[Scientific Revolution]] of the 16th century.
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The Copernican Revolution refers to the paradigm shift away from the Ptolemaic model of the heavens, which postulated the Earth at the center of the galaxy, towards the heliocentric model with the Sun at the center of our Solar System. It was one of the starting points of the Scientific Revolution of the 16th century.




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