The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus.
by Gingerich, O
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- ISBN 10
- 0434013153
- ISBN 13
- 9780434013159
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London: William Heinemann, 2004. xii, 306, 8 col plates, text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w. Name and ownership stamp to endpaper.. After three decades of investigation, and after traveling hundreds of thousands of miles across the globe-from Melbourne to Moscow, Boston to Beijing - Gingerich has written a book built on his experience and the remarkable insights gleaned from examining some 600 copies of <i>De Revolutionibus</i>. He found the books owned and annotated by Galileo, Kepler and many other lesser-known astronomers whom he brings back to life, which illuminate the long, reluctant process of accepting the Sun-centred cosmos and highlight the historic tensions between science and the Catholic Church. He traced the ownership of individual copies through the hands of saints, heretics, scalawags, and bibliomaniacs. He was called as the expert witness in the theft of one copy, witnessed the dramatic auction of another, and proves conclusively that <i>De Revolutionibus</i> was as inspirational as it was revolutionary. Part biography of a book, part scientific exploration, part bibliographic detective story, <i>The Book Nobody Read</i> recolours the history of cosmology and offers new appreciation of the enduring power of an extraordinary book and its ideas.. [9780434013159]
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- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus.
- Author
- Gingerich, O
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0434013153
- ISBN 13
- 9780434013159
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Astronomy; Nicolaus Copernicus
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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