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Nicolaus Copernicus: making the Earth a planet
Nicolaus Copernicus launched a quiet revolution. No scientist so radically transformed our understanding of our place in the universe as this curious bishop's doctor and church official. In his quest to discover a beautiful and coherent system to describe the motions of the planets, Copernicus...
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| Lenguaje: | eng |
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Oxford University Press
2005
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2685655 |
| Sumario: | Nicolaus Copernicus launched a quiet revolution. No scientist so radically transformed our understanding of our place in the universe as this curious bishop's doctor and church official. In his quest to discover a beautiful and coherent system to describe the motions of the planets, Copernicus placed the sun in the center of the system and made the earth a planet traveling around the sun. |
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