What distinguishes Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University from other universities is its legacy of providing access to a high-quality, affordable education to many students who otherwise may never have the opportunity to fulfill their dreams of getting a college degree.
The Trial of Galileo. A brilliant scientific mind in 17th century Florence, Galileo was forced to renounce his work and writings concerning the theories of Nicolaus Copernicus, who had suggested that the sun, not Earth, was the center of the universe, according to the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Web site on Galileo.
Heliocentric Universe. A heliocentric universe is a universe in which the sun is the center and the planets orbit around it. Copernicus was the first person to formulate this idea. The idea of a heliocentric universe was rejected by the Church because God's prized creation, Earth, should be at the center. geocentric universe is the model of the universe created by Ptolemy, in which everything in the universe (sun, stars, other planets, etc.) orbits around the Earth.