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Which author of On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies concluded that the earth revolves around the sun?

a. Francis Bacon
b. Vesalius
c. Diderot
d. Nicholas Copernicus

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It was "Nicholas Copernicus" who concluded that the earth revolves around the sun in this famous work, which was extremely controversial at the time, especially with the Church. 
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