Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Copernicus

Happy 540th Birthday, Nicolaus Copernicus! (born 1473)
I found it interesting that he developed the idea that the Earth and planets orbit the sun around 1514, but didn't publish his findings until the year of his death (1543), so I wrote this...


If you’ve got an idea in your head
Don’t wait ‘til you’re virtually dead
To let it come out
Instead, give a shout
And be proud of your thinking instead

For instance, Copernicus found
That the planets all circle around
Not the Earth, but the Sun
Yet he clued in no one
‘Til the year he was put in the ground



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