Gingerich, Owen.
Copernicus : a very short introduction / Owen Gingerich. - 98 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 487 . - Very short introductions ; 487. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Copernicus, the young scholar -- The architecture of the heavens -- Copernicus' vision -- Canon days and the little commentary -- Competing with Ptolemy -- Rheticus -- De revolutionibus -- The book nobody read -- Appendix 1. Copernicus : alternative to the equant -- Appendix 2. De revolutionibus as a recipe book for planetary positions.
"Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) is a pivotal figure in the birth of modern science. His vision of a sun-centered universe, shocking to many and unbelievable to most, turned out to be the essential blueprint for a physical understanding of celestial motions, triggering what is commonly called the In Copernican revolution. Owen Gingerich sets Copernicus in the context of a rapidly changing world, revealing that the heliocentric revolution was not dictated by observational 'proofs, ' but by a new way of looking at the cosmos in an era when both political and religious beliefs were shifting."--Front flap.
9780199330966 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0199330964 (pbk. : alk. paper)
40026256959
2016003101
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 --Popular works.
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
Kopernikus, Nikolaus 1473-1543
1500-1599
Astronomers--Poland--Biography.
Astronomy--History--16th century.
39.01 history of astronomy.
SCIENCE--History.
Astronomers.
Astronomy.
Poland.
Biography.
History.
Popular works.
QB36.C8 / G458 2016
520.92 B
Copernicus : a very short introduction / Owen Gingerich. - 98 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 487 . - Very short introductions ; 487. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Copernicus, the young scholar -- The architecture of the heavens -- Copernicus' vision -- Canon days and the little commentary -- Competing with Ptolemy -- Rheticus -- De revolutionibus -- The book nobody read -- Appendix 1. Copernicus : alternative to the equant -- Appendix 2. De revolutionibus as a recipe book for planetary positions.
"Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) is a pivotal figure in the birth of modern science. His vision of a sun-centered universe, shocking to many and unbelievable to most, turned out to be the essential blueprint for a physical understanding of celestial motions, triggering what is commonly called the In Copernican revolution. Owen Gingerich sets Copernicus in the context of a rapidly changing world, revealing that the heliocentric revolution was not dictated by observational 'proofs, ' but by a new way of looking at the cosmos in an era when both political and religious beliefs were shifting."--Front flap.
9780199330966 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0199330964 (pbk. : alk. paper)
40026256959
2016003101
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 --Popular works.
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
Kopernikus, Nikolaus 1473-1543
1500-1599
Astronomers--Poland--Biography.
Astronomy--History--16th century.
39.01 history of astronomy.
SCIENCE--History.
Astronomers.
Astronomy.
Poland.
Biography.
History.
Popular works.
QB36.C8 / G458 2016
520.92 B