| Title |
A more perfect heaven : how Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos / Dava Sobel. |
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| Imprint |
New York : Walker & Company, 2011. |
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| Description |
xiv, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Content |
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| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index. |
| 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 copernican astronomy -- Dialogue concerning the two chief systems of the world, Ptolemaic and Copernican -- An annotated census of Copernicus' De revolutionibus -- Thanksgiving. |
| Local Note |
Gift of Dr. Ted Davis, November 2021. |
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Othmer Library copy signed by author. |
| Subject(s) |
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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