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03841cam a2200637 a 4500 001 CF8D8C4C2B0F11DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20140917014642 008 070613s2007 nyuab b 001 0beng 010 $a 2007024649 020 $a 074328951X 020 $a 9780743289511 035 $a (OCoLC)144769776 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d JED $d ZS3 $d C#P $d BUR $d IXA $d VP@ $d YBM $d BKL $d FMO $d SMP $d CQU $d CLS $d ZWZ $d IOV $d SILO 043 $a e-po--- 050 00 $a QB36.C8 $b R387 2007 082 00 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Repcheck, Jack. 245 1 $a Copernicus' secret : $b how the scientific revolution began / $c Jack Repcheck. 250 $a 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 260 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2007. 300 $a xvi, 239 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-216) and index. 505 0 $a Prelude to future troubles -- The precursors -- Childhood -- Student years -- Warmia -- Before the storm -- The death of the bishop -- The mistress and the Frombork wenches -- The taint of Heresy -- The catalyst -- The Nuremberg Cabal -- The meeting -- The first summer -- Convincing Copernicus -- The publication -- The death of Copernicus -- Rheticus after Copernicus -- The impact of On the revolutions. 520 $a Nicolaus Copernicus gave the world perhaps the most important scientific insight of the modern age, the theory that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, and that the earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours--nearly everyone then believed that a perfectly still earth rested in the middle of the cosmos, where all the heavenly bodies revolved around it. A transcendent genius, Copernicus was also a flawed and conflicted person. During the tumultuous years of the early Reformation, he may have been sympathetic to the teachings of the Lutherans. Supremely confident intellectually, he hesitated to disseminate his work--in fact, he kept it a secret, and the manuscript containing his theory, which he refined for at least twenty years, remained "hidden among my things." It might never have been published if not for the enthusiasm of a young mathematician who journeyed hundreds of miles to meet him.--From publisher description. 600 10 $a Copernicus, Nicolaus, $d 1473-1543. 650 0 $a Astronomers $z Poland $x Biography. 650 0 $a Astronomy, Medieval. 600 17 $a Copernic, Nicolas $d (1473-1543). $2 ram 650 7 $a Astronomes $z Pologne $x Biographies. $2 ram 650 7 $a Astronomie meÌdieÌvale. $2 ram 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024649.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0745/2007024649-d.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2007024649-s.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2007024649-b.html 941 $a 18 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702021340.0 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430013508.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409051318.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230706020010.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909015356.0 952 $l MBPE423 $d 20201013051522.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926091255.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006042038.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418062331.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20151001020125.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20100405120518.0 952 $l UTAX314 $d 20100120073657.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CF8D8C4C2B0F11DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search