Copernicus

I noted recently that Fuller Theological Seminary taught us: "Examine how this person did it." One of my favourites -- to examine how he did it -- is Copernicus, who demonstrated that the earth revolves around the sun, not the sun around the earth. Copernicus describes this with such clarity and grace, to a potentially hostile audience, and the way that he glorifies God throughout is beautiful -- it gives one a whole new appreciation of the world. I am thinking in particular of On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.