In 1536 [Copernicus'] work was already in a definitive form, and some rumours about his theory had reached the scientists of all Europe. From many parts of the Continent, Copernicus received invitations to publish it, but he felt quite apprehensive of persecution for his revolutionary work by the establishment of the time. The cardinal Nicola Schonberg of Capua wrote him for a copy of his manuscript, and this made Copernicus, who saw in this a certain nervousness of the Church, even more frightened of eventual reactions.
References: From the Wikipedia article, "Nicolaus Copernicus" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus
From: Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 05:01:58 -0700 To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] Outrageous!
From: Robert Graham Merkel rgmerk@mira.net Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:35:32 +1100 To: wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] cranks and deleting
If the Wikipedia had existed back in the 1530's and user:Copernicus had added a piece on [[Sun-centred universe theory]] we would have been perfectly correct to delete the article after listing on VfD and suggest that he first publish his work elsewhere.
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