The Dawn of Modern Cosmology
from copernicus to newton
$29.43
- Paperback
672 pages
- Release Date
4 December 2023
Summary
The Dawn of Modern Cosmology: Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Universe
‘How great, then, must be the incomprehensible space all the way to the furthest fixed stars? How wide and immense must be the depth of that fantastical sphere?’
In the late fifteenth century, the earth was believed to be motionless at the center of a small, ordered cosmos. Just over two centuries later, everything had changed. The sun was now the center of creation, and the entire practice of sc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241360637 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241360633 |
| Author: | Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, René Descartes, Aviva Rothman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Release Date: | 4 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 461g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 28mm |
About The Author
Nicolaus Copernicus
Aviva Rothman (External Editor, Translator)
Aviva Rothman is Associate Professor of History at Case Western University. She is a historian of science whose work focuses on the early modern period, and is the author of The Pursuit of Harmony- Kepler on Cosmos, Confession and Community (University of Chicago Press, 2017).
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