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On the revolutions of heavenly spheres / Nicolaus Copernicus ; [translated by Charles Glenn Wallis].

By: Language: English Original language: Latin Series: Great minds seriesPublisher: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1995Description: viii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1573920355
  • 9781573920353
Uniform titles:
  • De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 520 20
LOC classification:
  • QB41 .C7613 1995
Summary: The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the center, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Copernicus abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric model, with the sun at the center. This book stands as one of the supreme monuments of science. It led to one of the greatest intellectual revolutions of all time, and profoundly influenced, among others, Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton.
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Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) QB 41 .C7613 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 18155

Previously published: On the revolutions of the celestial spheres. Annapolis : St. John's Bookstore, ©1939.

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The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the center, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Copernicus abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric model, with the sun at the center. This book stands as one of the supreme monuments of science. It led to one of the greatest intellectual revolutions of all time, and profoundly influenced, among others, Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton.

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