One of my favorite classes to teach is Physics for Elementary Education. It's a physics class designed to address the needs of future elementary school teachers—grades 1 through 6 or so. To guide the ...

There was a recent news item about Star Trek's Kate Mulgrew in a geocentric movie. The geocentric model states that the Sun and the planets move around the Earth instead of the heliocentric model with ...

Today, I wanted to talk about the history of the heliocentric model. After all, Copernicus’ most notable accomplishment is probably his proposed heliocentric, or sun-centered, model for the universe.

The Scientific Revolution, which took in the 16th and 17th centuries, was a time of unprecedented learning and discovery. During this period, the foundations of modern science were laid, thanks to ...

When asked who was the first to propose the heliocentric theory—that is, the one in which the Sun is the center of the universe and the planets revolve around it—the usual answer is Copernicus.

Is there something to be gained by assessing the merits of the losing side of a long-settled scientific argument? Christopher Graney’s answer in Setting Aside All Authority is an unequivocal yes, and ...