Moving heaven and earth : Copernicus and the solar system

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Moving heaven and earth : Copernicus and the solar system

John Henry

(Revolutions in science / series editor, Jon Turney)

Icon Books , Totem Books, 2001

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Includes bibliographical references

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Copernicus sowed the seed from which science has grown to be a dominant aspect of modern culture, fundamental in shaping our understanding of the workings of the cosmos. John Henry reveals why Copernicus was led to such a seemingly outrageous and inplausible idea as a swiftly moving Earth.

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Contents Acknowledgements 1 You'd Have to Be Crazy to Say the Earth Moves Science or insanity? Nothing new under the Sun Astronomy rules, OK? 2 Why Did Copernicus Say the Earth Moves? Heavenly orbs Science or art? Ptolemy and the decline of cosmology How to avoid a crisis: the medieval stand-off How to create a crisis: Nicolaus Copernicus, cosmologist 3 Who Was Copernicus? Why Copernicus? Life and times Renaissance man Renaissance mathematician 4 What Was the Reaction? Small beginnings Copernicus and the astronomers Copernicus and the Churches Copernicus and the Aristotelians 5 What Difference Did it Make? A world of difference One physics or two? How the Earth moves Space: the final frontier 6 Last Words Glossary Further Reading

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