A more perfect heaven how Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos
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- ISBN: 9780802778932 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0802778933 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (xiv, 273 p.) : ill., maps. - Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Walker, 2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Copernicus, Nicolaus -- 1473-1543 -- Influence Copernicus, Nicolaus -- 1473-1543 Solar system Astronomy |
Genre: | Electronic books. |