A more perfect heaven how Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos

Summary: Traces the story of the reclusive sixteenth-century cleric who introduced the revolutionary idea that the Earth orbits the sun, describing the dangerous forces and complicated personalities that marked the publication of Copernicus's findings.

Record details

ISBN: 9780802778932 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0802778933 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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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.