Why does the universe expand?
- Five hundred years ago, Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that the Earth might be one of several planets orbiting the Sun, rather than the centre of the universe.
- He compared the geocentric model to a monstrous form assembled from parts of different bodies, like the Creature Mary Shelley brought to life three centuries later in Frankenstein — each part appearing human on its own, but as a whole a grotesque patchwork.
- The geocentric model was built to directly match the sky: where a planet paused against the background stars and looped into retrograde, a dial was added so the planet would pause in i
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- Five hundred years ago, Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that the Earth might be one of several planets orbiting the Sun, rather than the centre of the universe.
- He compared the geocentric model to a monstrous form assembled from parts of different bodies, like the Creature Mary Shelley brought to life three centuries later in Frankenstein — each part appearing human on its own, but as a whole a grotesque patchwork.
- The geocentric model was built to directly match the sky: where a planet paused against the background stars and looped into retrograde, a dial was added so the planet would pause in i
Sources: Cosmicave