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A more perfect heaven, how Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos, Dava Sobel

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A more perfect heaven, how Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos, Dava Sobel

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index

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contains biographical information

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A more perfect heaven

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electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Dava Sobel

Sub title

how Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos

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

Table Of Contents

Pt. 1. Prelude. 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 -- pt. 2. Interplay. "And the sun stood still" : act I -- "And the sun stood still" : act II -- pt. 3. Aftermath. The first account -- On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres -- The Basel edition -- Epitome of copeernican astronomy -- Dialogue concerning the two chief systems of the world, Ptolemaic and Copernican -- An annotated census of Copernicus' De revolutionibus -- Thanksgiving

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