A world of Greek ideas -- The copper merchant's son -- The reluctant astrologer -- Astronomy on trial -- The lonely giant -- The new universe -- The idea that wouldn't die.
Summary:
Details the efforts of Copernicus, Kepler, Galilei, and Newton study the Earth's place in the cosmos. Examines how their idea that the Earth orbited the sun and was not the center of the universe came to be proven and how their ideas eventually came to be accepted by all of society.
Indexed by:
Horn Book Guide, 4/2014 School Library Journal, 9/2013
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