Recentering the universe
Subtitle: the radical theories of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton
By: Ron Miller
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books; Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9780761358855
Subjects: History; Astronomy; Christianity
Description: This book describes how a group of European scientists challenged the centuries' old accepted view of a geocentric universe and how through their research and writings they introduced the idea of a heliocentric universe.

This book recounts how a group of European scientists in the 1500s and 1600s risked their reputations and lives to overturn the centuries' old accepted view of a geocentric universe.
Notes: Includes glossary.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-85) and index.

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Accelerated Reader AR Middle Grades Plus 7.8 3.0 quiz: 159952

Reading Counts RC 6-8 9.30 6.0 quiz: 61300

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Table of contents: title: A world of Greek ideas - The copper merchant's son - The reluctant astrologer - Astronomy on trial - The lonely giant - The new universe - The idea that wouldn't die - Epilogue.