On the revolutions of heavenly spheres : on the shoulders of giants
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On the revolutions of heavenly spheres : on the shoulders of giants
Running Press, c2002
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De revolutionibus orbium caelestium
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De revolutionibus orbium caelestium
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Summary: Professor Hawking presents Copernicus's revolutionary masterpiece. An introductory essay makes the classic more accessible
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This groundbreaking work of astronomy proposed a heliocentric universe in which planets orbited the sun - daring the challenge the Ptolemaic ideal of the earth as the centre of the universe.
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