Uncentering The Earth: Copernicus and On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres by William T. Vollmann

Uncentering The Earth: Copernicus and On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Great Discoveries

William T. Vollmann

295 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative fast-paced
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In 1534, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lay dying, supposedly holding his just-published masterpiece, "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres". At the time, both religious doctrine and common belief held that the earth ruled the uni...

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