Copernicus initiated studies that led to his revolutionary theories because
a. there was a need to reform the Christian calendar.
b. his father superior instructed him to do so.
c. he wanted to refute some Protestant theories.
d. a colleague had challenged him when he was teaching at the University of Paris.
e. spiritual crises had plagued him all his life, as they have most men of genius
a
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