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Availability:In StockContributor:Owen GingerichSeries:Very Short IntroductionsPublish date:8/1/2016Pages:120
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199330966ISBN-10:199330964UPC:9780199330966Book Category:Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:HistorySize:6.80 x 4.30 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2205Product ID:SCNH5KWVHN
Copernicus: A Very Short Introduction
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) is a pivotal figure in the birth of modern science, the astronomer who "stopped the sun and set the earth in motion." Born in Poland, educated at Cracow and then in Italy, he served all of his adult life as a church administrator. His vision of a sun-centered universe, shocking to many and unbelievable to most, turned out to be the essential blueprint for a...
Series: Very Short Introductions
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199330966ISBN-10:199330964UPC:9780199330966Book Category:Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:HistorySize:6.80 x 4.30 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2205Product ID:SCNH5KWVHN
Owen Gingerich is Senior Astronomer Emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and History of Science at Harvard University. One of the leading experts on Copernicus, he is the author of numerous books, including The Eye of Heaven: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler and The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus.
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