A theory is accepted only when the last of its opponents dies off. The Copernican Revolution was a great shift in mankind's thinking, but did not take place overnight.


Instant Physics: From Aristotle to Einstein, and Beyond, Chapter 1 (p. 15)


A theory is accepted only when the last of its opponents dies off. The Copernican Revolution was a great shift in mankind's thinking, but did not...

A theory is accepted only when the last of its opponents dies off. The Copernican Revolution was a great shift in mankind's thinking, but did not...

A theory is accepted only when the last of its opponents dies off. The Copernican Revolution was a great shift in mankind's thinking, but did not...

A theory is accepted only when the last of its opponents dies off. The Copernican Revolution was a great shift in mankind's thinking, but did not...