Copernicus upset the prevailing views at the time that humankind or the earth was the centre of the universe, causing converts to see the world in an entirely new light and to wonder how they could possibly have taken the old paradigm seriously.This mind-altering experience is known as
A)a scientific revolution.
B)an anomaly.
C)a reformist movement.
D)a paradigm

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A scientific revolution occurs when a significant shift in the fundamental concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline overturns the prevailing understanding, as Copernicus did by proposing a heliocentric model over the geocentric model.

Copernicus Upset the Prevailing Views at the Time That Humankind