The book nobody read : chasing the revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
Gingerich, Owen2004
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Part biography, part bibliographic quest, this is the engaging story of the author's obsession with the book 'On the Revolutions' by Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicus altered the composition of the cosmos by placing the sun, and not the earth at the centre of the universe.
Main title:
The book nobody read : chasing the revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus / Owen Gingerich.
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Imprint:
London : William Heinemann, 2004.
Collation:
xii, 306 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780434013159 (hbk)
Dewey class:
520.92
Language:
English
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BRN:
1394866
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