A Brief History of Early Modern Astronomy

Posted by E. Gazelle on March 9, 2009

The Modern Science of Astronomy
While astronomy can be traced back to ancient civilisations, the science of astronomy as we know it today, only began in 1543 when Nicolaus Copernicus published his book, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (“On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres”), which was often regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy.  Copernicus’ [...]