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Copernican principle

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Etymology

Named after Nicolaus Copernicus by Austrian-British cosmologist Hermann Bondi in reference to his model of Copernican heliocentrism.

Definitions

  1. A principle which states that the location of humanity has no special significance (in…

    A principle which states that the location of humanity has no special significance (in constrast to traditional views that the Earth or Sun are located in the center of the Universe).

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