He Had Made the Earth a Planet and Set It Spinning
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
from A More Perfect Heaven by Dava Sobel
Intellectual Reference Point Restoration
Theme: “Made the Earth a Planet”
💬 Quote Library — containing “Made the Earth a Planet”
📖 Excerpts Library
He Believed That the Moon and Stars Were Nothing More than Holes in the Firmament
Anaximander of Miletus argued that the Sun was a hole in a fire-filled ring that encircled the Earth and revolved around it. Similarly, he believed that the Moon and stars were nothing more than holes in the firmament, revealing otherwise...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
Psychologically There Is a Great Difference
In fact most of Copernicus' book runs closely parallel with Ptolemy's exposition, only the minimum changes being made to adjust the treatment of the Sun-centered theory; and most of the numerical constants are simply Ptolemy's figures transformed. Not unnaturally, Copernicus...
Source: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by Nicolaus Copernicus
They Had to Imagine the Sun as Something That Does Not Move
They had to imagine the sun as something that does not move in relation to the earth and the earth even as something moving.
Source: Copernicus and His Time in the Light of Spiritual Science
🎼 Song Excerpts
I Could Feel the Whole World Turn Round Underneath Me
I could feel the whole world turn round underneath me
Source: I Could Feel The Whole World Turn Round by Rod Stewart (The Shotgun Express)
The World Went Round
We'd better think about the games we play - The world went round, around and round
Source: Time Is Ticking Out by The Cranberries
🧵 Narrative Threads containing “Made the Earth a Planet”
Cause Everything Is Never As It Seems…
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
And I Will Try To Fix You…
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
We Built This City on Rock and Roll
…how different theories are suddenly introduced to add strength to the edifice.