| Description |
1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Aristarchus of Samos and Copernicus; 2 Was Copernicus a Pythagorean?; 3 Copernicus' Quotation from Sophocles; 4 The Alfonsine Table and Copernicus: (with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein); 5 Copernicus and Al-Bitruji; 6 Copernicus' Alleged Priesthood; 7 Copernicus was not a 'Happy Notary': (with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein); 8 Copernicus' Attitude toward the Common People; 9 Copernicus' Earliest Astronomical Treatise (with Erna Hilfstein); 10 Copernicus on the Phases and the Light of the Planets; 11 Copernicus' Axioms |
| Summary |
Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) was the greatest astronomer of the first half of the sixteenth century and author of the epoch-making treatise On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium), published in Nuremberg in 1543. Edward Rosen, the editor and translator of Copernicus's complete works, was the leading authority on this most celebrated of Renaissance scientists, on whose career and influence he wrote extensively but mainly in the form of articles. The essays in Copernicus and his Successors deal both with the influences on Copernicus, including that of Greek and Arabic thinkers, and with his own life and attitudes. They also examine how he was seen by contemporaries and finally describe his relationship to other scientists, including Galileo, Brahe and Kepler |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 -- Influence -- Astronomy
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| SUBJECT |
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 fast |
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Kopernikus, Nikolaus. swd |
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Astronomy, Medieval.
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Astronomers -- Poland -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Astronomers
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Astronomy, Medieval
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Poland
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
95020560 93166305 |
| ISBN |
9780826441102 |
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0826441106 |
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9781472598806 |
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1472598806 |
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