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in the Work section, "till" is used in "(or perhaps till his uncle's death on 29 March 1512)" and i believe this should be changed to until Maddybac (talk) 16:46, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The article's "Successors" section states that "Scholars hold that sixty years after the publication of The Revolutions there were only around 15 astronomers espousing Copernicanism in all of Europe..."
That implies that all the 15 listed would have survived to the year 1603.
The section on theological controversy begins with an example quote from Calvin. The cited source for this is Rosen (1960). Rosen argues that Calvin has been misquoted as opposed to Copernicus, and concludes "What, then, may we ask at the end of our inquiry, was Calvin's attitude toward Copernicus? Never having heard of him, Calvin had no attitude toward Copernicus." He also points out that Calvin was in favor of astronomy generally.
I'd suggest removing the reference to Calvin in the opening of the section, and going directly to the material about Joshua's long day which was the historic locus of most theological controversy about Copernican astronomy. Dtjohnso (talk) 17:13, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I read the abstract and it appears Calvin never spoke about Copernicus. Calvin's mention of Jericho (where God stopped the sun) also appears not to have been directed to Copernicus.
Also, why does the section spend the majority of its time talking about Protestants before briefly mentioning the Catholic Church and even then downplaying its role in suppressing heliocentrism?