Copernicus' Secret: How the Scientific Revolution Began

Jack Repcheck

ISBN 10: 074328951X / ISBN 13: 9780743289511

Verlag: Simon & Schuster, 2007

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Traces the story of the enigmatic scientist while revealing how he was able to make his pivotal discovery about how the earth revolves around the sun in spite of limited technology and the obscure belief systems of his contemporaries, in an account that traces the crucial role played by Copernicus's associate, Georg Joachim Rheticus. 35,000 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Jack Repcheck is an editor at W. W. Norton & Co., where he publishes the work of leading scientists and economists. His previous book was the critically acclaimed The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity. He lives with his family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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Titel: Copernicus' Secret: How the Scientific ...
Verlag: Simon & Schuster
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: As New
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