They undermined the almost absolute power political and religious officials held by implying that all the kings and popes in history got wrong one of the basic facts of our universe, that being that the Earth is not the center of it. These authors demonstrated that the universe was not how the Vatican or the established scientific tradition had defined it.
The value of these works though goes beyond just content and style. At times the works in question make for very dry reading in that they deal with equations, measurements, theory and conjecture. On a literary level, these works cannot compare with Chaucer, Dante or Shakespeare. This survey will focus on the contribution of each book to its time and the evolution of scientific thought. This paper will review the written works of the astronomers, scientists, and mathematicians who participated in what has come to be called the Copernican Revolution. Who we are today and what we define as our modern world was born of a revolution that took place not on the battlefield, but in the mind. What we value becomes part of our culture and defines who we are. A revolution represents a change of values. Revolutions are more than a dramatic change or appearance of a sudden manifestation of a heretofore-unknown idea.
We may discuss a revolution in music, such as when Jazz or Rock and Roll was introduced, or a revolution in fashion such as when the bikini or mini-skirt first appeared.
The word has been applied to innumerable areas. They have been bloody, bloodless, political, industrial, intellectual, cultural, social, sexual, scientific, and spiritual.
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