The book nobody read : chasing the revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
Gingerich, Owen2017
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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.
Author:
Gingerich, Owen, author
Imprint:
London : Arrow Books, [2017]
Collation:
xii, 306 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Walker Publishing Company Inc, 2004.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784757601 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
520.92530.92 GIN
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1914869