Copernicus' Secret: How the Scientific Revolution Began
"Repcheck paints a vivid picture of the times, in which both Protestantism and intellectual inquiry posed threats to the Catholic worldview. The author also does an admirable job of shining a light on Copernicus's little-known immediate predecessors to show that, like the works of Einstein and Darwin, the scientist's theory didn't spring Athena-like from his brow"--Publishers Weekly"Excellent...[Repcheck] is especially good at setting Copernicus vividly in his time."--NY Sun"No other biography of which I am aware treats the life of this scientific giant more vividly than this one."--New York Times Book Review