Uncentering the Earth : Copernicus and The revolutions of the heavenly spheres
Title:
Uncentering the Earth : Copernicus and The revolutions of the heavenly spheres
Author:
Vollmann, William T.
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Norton, [2006]
©2006
Physical Description:
295 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
General Note:
"Atlas books."
Language:
English
Contents:
Why the universe screams -- Exegesis: Osiander's preface and I.1-4 -- What we believed: cosmology -- Exegesis: I.5 -- What we believed: motion -- Exegesis: I.5 (cont'd)-I.9 -- The limits of observation in 1543 -- Exegesis: I.10-14 -- Orbits of Venus -- Exegesis: Book II -- What we believed: scriptures -- Exegesis: Book III -- Silent to the end -- Exegesis: Book IV -- The pillars of Hercules -- Exegesis: Book V -- Assessments -- Exegesis: Book VI -- Simplicity -- Burnings.
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ISBN:
9780393059694
Format :
Book
