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A More Perfect Heaven - How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos (Paperback)
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A More Perfect Heaven - How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos (Paperback)
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The bestselling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter tells
the story of Nicolaus Copernicus and the revolution in astronomy
that changed the world. 'Lively, inventive ... a masterly specimen
of close-range cultural history' Wall Street Journal 'Fantastic ...
A masterly telling of how Copernicus revolutionised science' The
Times In the 1520s a Polish cleric named Nicolaus Copernicus
developed a revolutionary theory which placed the Sun, not the
Earth, at the centre of our universe. The secret existence of this
manuscript tantalised scientists everywhere in Europe. Then in 1539
a young German mathematician, Rheticus, travelled to meet
Copernicus in the hope of setting eyes on it. Dava Sobel tells the
story of a new concept of the heavens, and how Rheticus persuaded
the cautious Copernicus to allow him to take the precious but
dangerous manuscript out into a world that it would change for
ever. In her compelling style, Dava Sobel chronicles the history of
the Copernican Revolution, relating the story of astronomy from
Aristotle to the Middle Ages. And as she achieved with her
international bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, in A
More Perfect Heaven, Sobel expands the bounds of popular science
writing, giving us an unforgettable portrait of a major step
forward in the human knowledge of our universe.
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