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Key People

Pherecydes of Syros

Pherecydes of Syros

Greek writer

William Herschel

William Herschel

British-German astronomer

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Harold C. Urey

American chemist

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Gerard Peter Kuiper

American astronomer

Sir Harold Jeffreys

Sir Harold Jeffreys

British astronomer and geophysicist

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Ernst Öpik

Estonian astronomer

Sir George Darwin

Sir George Darwin

British astronomer

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Immanuel Velikovsky

American writer

Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.

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