Glossary term: 哥白尼革命
Description: 哥白尼革命是指用日心说（以太阳为中心的模型）取代地心说（以地球为中心的模型）来描述太阳系的变革。近两千年，尽管一些人坚信日心说，但地心说一直是欧洲科学观念中的共识。日心说对地心说的取代迈出了第一步——在随后的几个世纪里，解释行星、卫星、恒星和其他天体在天空中运动的新模型被逐渐构建出来。而地心说至今仍然被用于解释与天球相关的概念。哥白尼革命以尼古拉斯·哥白尼命名，他在16世纪在其开创性作品《天球运行论》中描述了日心说。尽管人们通常声称伊曼纽尔·康德是第一个使用“哥白尼革命”这个术语的人，但这一说法的准确性存在争议。
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