Machina Mundi and the Proto-Astrobiology of Nicholas of Cusa

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Nicholas of Cusa argued that motion is detectable only relative to a fixed frame, so Earth can move while appearing stationary, and he imagined life in other regions of the cosmos, laying early groundwork for thinking about extraterrestrial life that influenced Bruno, Kepler, and later scholars such as Thomas Kuhn.

Nicholas of Cusa on ET life and earths motion
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Nicholas of Cusa on ET life and earths motion

by Salman Hameed I am co-teaching Astrobiology this semester. Last week we looked at the idea of extraterrestrial life from antiquity ...