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Uncentering the Earth: Copernicus and The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Great Discoveries) Hardcover - 2006

by William T. Vollmann


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An analysis of the astronomer's pivotal sixteenth-century work traces how his challenge to beliefs about an Earth-centric solar system had a profound influence on the ways in which humanity understands itself and the universe.

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  • Title Uncentering the Earth: Copernicus and The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Great Discoveries)
  • Author William T. Vollmann
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 240
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton, New York
  • Date 2006
  • ISBN 9780393059694
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W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. Hardcover. Good/Good . 5x1x8. An x-library copy. In 1543, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lay on his deathbed, his just-published masterpiece On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres in his hands. At that time, religious doctrine and common sense dictated that the earth ruled the universe, with the sun, moon, planets, and stars all rotating around it. By putting the sun at the center of that cosmology, his book fomented another kind of revolution—a scientific one—that would lead to a completely new view of the universe, and humanity's place in it.As contemporary cosmologists explore the universe's vastness and the nearly insignificant role we play in it, the repercussions from Copernicus's radical step continue to resound. With the energetic prose and powerful intelligence for which he is known, William T. Vollmann provides an enlightening and readable explication not only of Copernicus's book but also… Read More
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