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The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the center, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Copernicus abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric model, with the sun at the center. This book stands as one of the supreme monuments of science. It led to one of the greatest intellectual revolutions of all time, and profoundly influenced, among others, Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton

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Great Minds Series: On The Revolutions Of Heavenly Spheres, Mikuláš Koperník, Charles Glenn Wallis

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Année de publication
1995
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(souple),
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Bon
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Titre
Great Minds Series: On The Revolutions Of Heavenly Spheres
Langue
Anglais
Publié
1995
Format
souple
Pages
352
ISBN10
1573920355
ISBN13
9781573920353
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The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the center, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Copernicus abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric model, with the sun at the center. This book stands as one of the supreme monuments of science. It led to one of the greatest intellectual revolutions of all time, and profoundly influenced, among others, Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton