Moving heaven and earth : Copernicus and the solar system
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Moving heaven and earth : Copernicus and the solar system
（Revolutions in science / series editor, Jon Turney）
Icon Books , Totem Books, 2001
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
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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