Title:
Copernicus : a very short introduction / Owen Gingerich.
Author:
Gingerich, Owen, author.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Call Number:
QB36.C8 G458 2016
Abstract:
"Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) is a pivotal figure in the birth of modern science. His vision of a sun-centered universe, shocking to many and unbelievable to most, turned out to be the essential blueprint for a physical understanding of celestial motions, triggering what is commonly called the In Copernican revolution. Owen Gingerich sets Copernicus in the context of a rapidly changing world, revealing that the heliocentric revolution was not dictated by observational 'proofs, ' but by a new way of looking at the cosmos in an era when both political and religious beliefs were shifting."--Front flap.
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ISBN:
9780199330966
Series:
Very short introductions ; 487
Very short introductions ; 487.
Physical Description:
98 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Copernicus, the young scholar -- The architecture of the heavens -- Copernicus' vision -- Canon days and the little commentary -- Competing with Ptolemy -- Rheticus -- De revolutionibus -- The book nobody read -- Appendix 1. Copernicus : alternative to the equant -- Appendix 2. De revolutionibus as a recipe book for planetary positions.
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