Nicolas Copernic - Questions from the vineyard

Nicolas Copernic was born in the beautiful city of Torun in Poland on February 19, 1473

When I was a child, every night after finishing eating Copernic, I often went with him to the cool vineyard. The cool night wind brings the sweet scent of the bunches of grapes to make people feel comfortable, with Copernic this is like a homosexual because it is attractive, but more attractive is to see the constant The number of stars, the stars are blinking mystical eyes looking at you

The old gardener sat by the counter while smoking and told the brothers the stories of the stars in the sky. North Star, Dai Hung Tinh, Tieu Tinh, there are also Sagittarius, Mao household, . From the country to foreign countries, the stories he tells are as many as grapes, Copernic admires, unable to hold back the curiosity to ask him:

- How do you know so much?

- Do not know much, how do you grow grapes?

- What relationship does the sky and grapes in the garden have? - Copernic he felt strange asking again.

- Why not have a relationship? The stars told him the change of the weather when it was sunny, when it rained, when there was a storm, . Based on that, he knew that he was worried about watering, draining water, preventing wind storms . yes

Copernic sounds drunk

In the house too hot, the principal of the neighboring house also went to the vineyard, he quietly stood beside the gardener, listening intently to the people talking.

- Hello Principal! - Copernic brothers look at the principal and greet.

- You already know a lot! - the principal was pensive for a moment and said:

- I want to ask a question to you two, see who is right?

- What question? - Copernic I quickly asked.

- Earth round or square? - the principal looked at the two brothers laughing - "See who the two brothers are right?"

Copernic he won the answer: - Dear square, rectangular!

- Proverbs says: Heaven is round square land! - The gardener thinks that the earth is square.

- What about Copernic?

Copernic I got up, scratched my head with my ears, could not speak. The headmaster of the martial arts school said:

- No answer, okay, think it will work tomorrow!

The principal went away, Copernic remained silent, his brother immersed in his thoughts.

By the day after Copernic I still couldn't think of it. on the second day and then on the third day, the time went by, the question was in Copernic's mind.

Time went by quickly, soon Copernic became a young man, started to go to University. That day, standing at Copernic beach, remembered the principal's question. The weather was so beautiful, there was no cloud in the blue sky, the pink sun hung over his head, the calm wind in the sea was calm, Copernic sank into the distant horizon. In front of him each ship glided away, further and further away. Suddenly, Copernic saw something, he blinked, focused on watching the ships leave forward, getting smaller and smaller, losing their far away, but when the ship was gone, he could still see airy. the mast. Why is that? He was busy thinking about all things around.

He thought of his childhood fantasies with all his forms, thinking of the kinds of inferences and arguments about the earth's form that were recorded in history books, thoughts and thoughts. in him.Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in Copernic's head, his confused thoughts suddenly becoming coherent again, the ship disappeared in the sight of its mast, this was not a proof of the earth. round? Copernic exclaimed happily:

- I know, I found the answer.

Everyone around him turned to look at him in amazement, at which time he awoke and hurriedly returned to write to the principal saying his answer. In order to make his point persuasive, he also thought of how to put bright objects on the mast to make it clear: When the ship was far from the shore, the bright spot on the mast lowered, eventually disappeared and when the ship Go to the coast, the bright spot appears first, then see the ship.

The question of wonder in Copernic's mind has long been answered.

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