A revolução na cosmologia

Abstract

The present work deals with the astronomical theory of Copernicus, having as its main reference the work De Revolutionibus published in 1543. Because it is a complex work based on mathematical knowledge it is important to state that this work does not cover this perspective, restricting itself to expose the basic propositional structure of the theory. And in this way, the work encompasses the following elements: the presentation of the work, a presentation of the general context of astronomy, a brief passage through the fundamental antecedents of the theory, the biography of the author, and finally, the specific exposition of the Copernican theory. The purpose of this course is to facilitate the reader's understanding through the contextualization, be it this, of the work, of the general context of the discipline, of what was thought previously, and finally of the Copernican perspective.