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Author:

Sobel, Dava.

Title:

A more perfect heaven : how Nicolaus Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos / Dava Sobel.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Walker Pub.,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xiv, 273 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Copernicus, Nicolaus,--1473-1543--Influence.
Copernicus, Nicolaus,--1473-1543.--De revolutionibus orbium caelestium.
Solar system.
Astronomy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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 -- Interplay -- And the sun stood still -- act I -- And the sun stood still -- act II -- Aftermath -- The first account -- On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres -- The Basel edition, 1566 -- Epitome of copernican astronomy -- Dialogue on the two chief systems of the world: ptolemaic and copernican -- An annotated census of Copernicus' De revolutionibus -- Thanksgiving.

ISBN:

0802717934
9780802717931

OCLC:

(OCoLC)701806421

LCCN:

2011024772

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)