Why did Copernicus hesitate to publish this book? The reason is that he is afraid of the persecution of this emerging scientific theory by the church.
As early as when Copernicus lived in Italy, Emperor Alexander VI re-praised the "Oracle" and banned the publication of books that were not censored by the church. All suspicious books were burned.
Although he is a monk, Skelter believes in atheism. He doesn't do holy things himself, and he laughs at others for doing holy things. He admired Copernicus very much and they soon became bosom friends. This aroused the suspicion of Holzwush and the new bishop Jan Dantisek. Dantisek is a very insidious guy. He saw that if Running was published, the theological temple he maintained would fall apart. So Dantisek began to advance to Copernicus step by step. He first hoped that Copernicus would sever contact with Skelter, but Copernicus sternly refused. Skelter was later arrested by the Roman Catholic Church.
Soon, Dantisek forced Copernicus and Anna to break away from each other based on the information from Dean Fronburg. Copernicus and Anna have lived together for nearly ten years and have deep feelings. Copernicus protested against Danti Scheck's unreasonable demands, but Danti Scheck said that Anna had let Copernicus "be driven out of his mind" and he ordered Anna to move out of Fronburg immediately for his "soul's salvation". In grief and indignation, Copernicus tore off his robes several times and threatened to return to secularism. In order to continue Copernicus' writing work, Anna reluctantly left the watchtower. Soon, she was deported again.
During this period, the Roman Catholic Church was also shocked by Copernicus' theory. 1533, Pope Clement VII asked people to explain the basic principle of "sun-centered theory". The revolutionary content of Copernicus' theory shocked the Pope, and he decided to find a way to control Copernicus' manuscript. 1536, a cardinal wrote to Copernicus for a manuscript, which Copernicus refused.
Galileo galilei, an Italian astronomer (1564 ~ 1642) once said, "I feel scared when I think about the fate of our teacher Copernicus." However, the persecution of the church could not stop the publication of Operation, and Copernicus' struggle was supported by many people.
1539 In the spring, a young scholar came to Frenburg with many precious books and worshipped Copernicus as his teacher. He was Letick, a professor of mathematics at wittenberg University, and later became the only student of Copernicus. With the encouragement and support of Letick, Copernicus quickly cheered up. Together, they revised the original version of Operation and actively prepared for publication. At this time, Dantisek heard that Copernicus had taken in a "cult" and ordered to search the monks' houses to see if there were "books full of Lutheran toxins".
Actively support Copernicus's publication of Operational Research, and his friend Tiedeman Ji Zhe, Tiedeman is a monk in Fort Furong, who has known Copernicus for a long time and has been supporting his scientific research work. Later, Tiedeman was promoted to the bishop of Liuwaba diocese. Seeing Copernicus' predicament, he invited Copernicus and Letik to visit the Vatican in Ljuwaba so that they could concentrate on finalizing their work. Dantisek immediately threatened Tiedeman, and religious judge Hozwush also said that he had found a "Dutch cult" in Tiedeman's works in an attempt to blame him.
At this time, Copernicus's theory also caused a lot of criticism in society. Protestants (Lutherans) are more hostile to Copernicus' theory than old believers. Martin Luther once sarcastically said, "This fool wants to overthrow the whole astronomy!" Philip Melancholton, the author of the Religious Manifesto, also accused Copernicus of "dreaming regardless of the facts in front of him."
There was also a farce in Lange, Erb. It satirizes a pretentious astronomer, locks his works in a cupboard and talks nonsense, and is finally put into a carriage by the devil and sent to hell. The play is of course an allusion to Copernicus. It turned out that Copernicus published a paper stating that the continuous appearance of comets at that time was a natural phenomenon, which had nothing to do with people's lives and offended the church. The church took this despicable trick to publicly insult Copernicus.
Despite the sinister environment, Copernicus did not compromise. 154 1 year, he finally made up his mind to print his own works.
Copernicus gave the manuscript of Operation, the fruit of his decades of painstaking efforts, to his friend Tiedeman, the bishop of the diocese of Liuwaba, and he gave it to Letick. Letik was invited to teach at Bixi University, so he handed over the publication of this book to his friend Osei Andel, the publisher of Nuremberg. Osei Andel studied astronomy. Inspired by Mei Dong, the leader, he tampered with the manuscript and deleted some contents of Copernicus's theory, trying to make science accommodate the old knowledge of the society at that time.
1543 On May 24th, when this masterpiece went to press and sent to Frenburg, Gobaini, who had been ill for a long time, was in danger. Doctor Solfa put the book on the quilt, and Copernicus put his hand on the book. Copernicus seized the book convulsively with his weak hand. Copernicus was dying, and he died an hour later.
"Run" has been circulating in the world for more than 300 years, and it is black and blue.
It was not until the middle of19th century that the surgical manuscript was found in a private library in Prague. 1873, The Theory of the Operation of Celestial Bodies, which supplemented Copernicus' original sequence, was published, but a chapter on atomism was not added. 1953 When the fourth edition of The Theory of the Operation of Celestial Bodies was published, all the original chapters were supplemented. At this time, Copernicus has been dead for 4 10 years.