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100 1 _aSobel, Dava.
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245 1 2 _aA more perfect heaven :
_bhow Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos /
_cDava Sobel.
250 _a1st U.S. ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bWalker,
_c2011.
300 _axiv, 273 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c22 cm.
505 _aPt. 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.
520 _aTraces 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index.
600 1 0 _aCopernicus, Nicolaus,
_d1473-1543
_xInfluence.
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600 1 0 _aCopernicus, Nicolaus,
_d1473-1543.
_tDe revolutionibus orbium caelestium.
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651 0 _aSolar system.
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650 0 _aAstronomy.
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