Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
xiv, 273 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index. |
Contents |
Moral, rustic, and amorous epistles -- The brief sketch -- Leases of abandoned farmsteads -- On the method of minting money -- The letter against werner -- The bread tariff -- Interplay -- And the sun stood still -- act I -- And the sun stood still -- act II -- Aftermath -- The first account -- On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres -- The Basel edition, 1566 -- Epitome of copernican astronomy -- Dialogue on the two chief systems of the world: ptolemaic and copernican -- An annotated census of Copernicus' De revolutionibus -- Thanksgiving. |
Summary |
Traces the story of the reclusive sixteenth-century cleric who introduced the revolutionary idea that the Earth orbits the sun, describing the dangerous forces and complicated personalities that marked the publication of Copernicus's findings. |
Subject |
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 -- Influence.
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Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.
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Solar system.
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Astronomy.
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ISBN |
9780802717931 |
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0802717934 |
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