What is copernican revolution

 What is copernican revolution 

The first major   break  from  the entire system   of ancient  thought came with  the work  of the Dutchman , Nicholas   copernicus . It was  generally   believed  that the  earth was  fixed  or stationary  and the  sun🌞  and other  heavenly  bodies  moved  around it  . (This is known as  a egocentric  theory) .  copernicus  however   thought  otherwise . With  the help  of detailed  explanations,  he demonstrated  that the  earth  moved  around fixed sun . (This  is a heliocentric  theory) in a nutshell   since  in the Renaissance  period   was marked  by a new  attitude   towards  man and nature .  Natural  objects   became  the subject  of close  observation  and experiment .It put  humanism  at the center  of all activities  . It  propagate   idealogy   of modernism . It proved  stimulus  to intellectual   development. , rationalism,  and empiricism and change  orien̈tation.