On March 5, 1616, this book was officially banned by the Catholic Church.
- Copernicus’ de Revolutionibus
- Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius
- Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
- Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan
On March 5, 1616, this book was officially banned by the Catholic Church.
Copernicus’ de Revolutionibus. The English title is On the Revolutions of Things. The book was dedicated to Pope Paul III and described a solar system with the planets revolving around the Sun (Sun-Centered) instead of around the Earth – an notion the church found blasphemous.