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When we think about the effect of the Copernican view of the world of literature, we are likely to slip into exaggeration. It is

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问题     When we think about the effect of the Copernican view of the world of literature, we are likely to slip into exaggeration. It is often said that the removal of the earth from its central place in a comfortably ordered system to the status of a minor planet in vaster space was fatal blow to man’s sense of his own dignity. This idea is philosophically foolish and historically false. Throughout the Middle Ages, even though man was considered the special child of God, the earth was regarded as the poorest part of creation. Copernicus was only looking for a simpler pattern of the heavens than Ptolemy’s and he found it. Despite the work of Kepler, Galileo, and the Elizabethan experts, moreover, it took well over a century for the theory to win full acceptance even among the learned.
    As late as 1643, a hundred years after Copernicus’ book, a scientist named Browne declared movement of the earth impossible. The reasons for delayed victory were natural. Many educated as well as uneducated men resisted contradiction of the senses and the Bible, or of Aristotle, Ptolemy, and all tradition. Many others were simply unaware or indifferent, as most of us in the twentieth century felt no acute concern over Einstein’s discoveries. In either case, few had the mathematical knowledge needed for confirmation or even comprehension of the theory; indeed, the knowledge needed to confirm Copernicus was not fully available until Newton.
To understand the Copernican theory, one had to______.
选项 A、understand mathematics
B、view the universe as an ordered system
C、have read the Bible
D、accept the teaching of tradition
答案A
解析 understand mathematics意为“懂数学”，是正确答案。从文章结尾可找到证据：“…fewhad the mathematical knowledge needed for confirmation or even comprehension of the theory．”此句意为“很少人具备必要的数学知识来印证甚至理解哥白尼的理论。”
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