The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the center, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric model, with the sun at the center. His remarkable work, On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres, stands as one of the greatest intellectual revolutions of all time, and profoundly influenced, among others, Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 11/01/1995
ISBN: 9781573920353
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.37h x 5.27w x 1.02d