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

by Nicolaus Copernicus ; edited, with commentary, by Stephen Hawking

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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