Tycho Brahe — "I have a theory that the Earth is not the center of the universe, but I dare not…"
I have a theory that the Earth is not the center of the universe, but I dare not speak it aloud.
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From a personal letter, hinting at his geo-heliocentric model
Date: c. 1580s
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