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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Autores principales: Gingerich, Owen, MacLachlan, James H
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2005
Materias:
Astrophysics and Astronomy
Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2685655
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description 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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