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Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
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Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543. De revolutionibus orbium caelestium -- Translations into English -- Abridgments.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Solar system -- Early works to 1800.
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Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543. De revolutionibus orbium caelestium -- Translations into English -- Abridgments.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Solar system -- Early works to 1800.
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Nicolaus Copernicus. On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres / [Nicolaus Copernicus] ; a new introduction by James Lees.
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Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
Flame Tree Publishing, 2023.
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520
.92
C782o
Subjects
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543. De revolutionibus orbium caelestium -- Translations into English -- Abridgments.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Solar system -- Early works to 1800.
ISBN:
9781804175651 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres [Nicolaus Copernicus]
Edition:
[Concise ed.]
Description:
255 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"Science foundations, the building blocks of life."
[Flame Tree Concise Editions series foreword by professor Marika Taylor.]
"This edition is based on abridged version of On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus, published by Johannes Petreius (Nuremberg, 1543), as translated into English by Charles Glen Wallis (1914-44) in 1939."--t.p. verso.
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) was a Polish mathematician, astronomer, physician, classics scholar, translator, governor, diplomat,economist and Catholic Church clergy, who posited that the Earth orbited the Sun, and not the other way round. He started the Scientific Revolution which eventually disconnected the Church from its role as the sole arbiter of all truths.
Dr James Lees is a physicist, author and science communicator who studied at The University of York and Stanford. He works as a researcher and gives talks and workshops across the UK on a wide variety of scientific topics. He is the author of several other books including Physics in 50 Milestone Moments and Who Knew? Physics.
Marika Taylor is a Professor of Theoretical Physics and Head of School within Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton. Her research interests include all aspects of string theory, gravitational physics and quantum field theory. Her work has featured in Physical Review and Journal of High Energy Physics among others.
Summary:
"A special concise edition with a new introduction, this is an abridged version of Copernicus's great work that spark the Scientific Revolution by correctly positing that the earth and other planets of the solar system revolved around the sun. It is a milestone in our understanding of fundamental truths and the place of humanity in universe."--Back cover.
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Lees, James (Physics writer)
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