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Sample 10

To illustrate his point about paradigm shifts, Stephen Covey reminds readers about Copernicus disproving Ptolemy's theory that the sun moves around the earth and how that changed how humanity saw itself.


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Note: Source material used below is different from the samples 6-8.

Original Source Material:

Covey cites familiar examples of paradigm shifts in science: when Copernicus placed the sun at the center of the universe (not the earth as Ptolemy had argued) and when Einstein's relativity theory replaced Newton's theory of physics.

The correct MLA citation for the original source material is as follows:

Memering, Dean and William Palmer,eds. Discovering Arguments: An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Writing with Readings. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.
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