The Copernican Revolution Author:Thomas S. Kuhn The Copernican Revolution refers, to begin with, to the new astronomical theories proposed by Copernicus in 1532 to explain more efficiently than had the ancient Greeks the movements of the heavenly bodies. But it also refers to the vast consequences for man's conception of his place in the universe that followed, as it was gradually demonstrate... more »d that our earth held no unique position as the central place of the universe, that, as Galileo said "it moved." In time, it appeared that everything moved with it: theology, philosophy, morality, and art. Mr. Kuhn, a scientist, historian, and teacher, has here told the story of this great upheaval, combining an unequaled knowledge of the scientifiic controversy itself, with a rich detailing of its consequences for the various provinces of thought.« less