Happy Birthday Copernicus
Yesterday Google had a doodle for Copernicus on the occasion of his 540th birthday. There have been many pioneers in science that have challenged current thought and understanding. Copernicus challenged the Earth centered view of the universe and gave us the Sun centered view. He was not correct but based on the evidence he had he came up with a new idea. He stuck to the evidence and conventional wisdom and gave us the modern science of astronomy. The same could be said for many scientific ideas. With…