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On the revolution of heavenly spheres
The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the center, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric model,...
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Prometheus Books
1995
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1545889 |