The most common way to become infected with giardia is after swallowing contaminated water. Giardia parasites are found in lakes, ponds, rivers and streams worldwide, as well as in municipal water supplies, wells, cisterns, swimming pools, water parks and spas.
Andreas Cellarius's illustration of the Copernican system, from the Harmonia Macrocosmica (1708). Heliocentrism, or heliocentricism, is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System. The word comes from the Greek (á¼¥Î»Î¹Î¿Ï helios sun and ÎºÎ­Î½ÏÏÎ¿Î½ kentron center).
Quick Answer. Heliocentric theory is a model of the solar system that posits a central place for the Sun, with the planets orbiting it. It is most closely associated with the 16th-century work of Copernicus and the 17th-century work of Galileo, and the theory was widely adopted after Copernicus' death.