A More Perfect Heaven
How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos
$39.31
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2012
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408822388 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1408822385 |
| Author: | Dava Sobel |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2012 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Sobel is an elegant stylist, a riveting and efficient storyteller, a writer who can bring the dustiest of subjects to full-blooded life
A refreshingly fast-paced account of the life of Nicolaus Copernicus. A More Perfect Heaven does a good job of giving the flavor of life in Reformation-era Europe…an excellent book * Economist *
Lively, inventive … a masterly specimen of close-range cultural history. Ms. Sobel certainly brings Copernicus to life, perhaps better than any other author. Ms. Sobel presents a thoroughly researched and eminently readable account of a major scientist who celebrated the sun yet lurks in the shadows * Wall Street Journal *
All the page turning lucidity and brio you would hope for from the creator of Longitude * Boyd Tonkin, Independent *
Fantastic … A masterly telling of how Copernicus revolutionised science * The Times *
Sobel is an elegant stylist, a riveting and efficient storyteller, a writer who can bring the dustiest of subjects to full-blooded life * New York Times *
Dava Sobel
Dava Sobel is the acclaimed author of the bestselling titles Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter, The Illustrated Longitude, and The Planets. She lives in East Hampton, New York.
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