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PROF HERBERT DINGLE writes : “Might I correct a small error, for which I am partly responsible, in the report of my address on Copernicus printed in NATURE of May 22 ? Luther did not 'predict' that Copernicus would overturn astronomy. His words were : 'Der Narr will die ganze Kunst Astronomiae umkehren' ; that is, 'The fool wishes to overturn the whole science of astronomy'. There is no reason to suppose that Luther thought he would succeed.
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The Work of Copernicus. Nature 151, 613 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151613b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151613b0