It Started With Copernicus
Subtitle: How Turning the World Inside Out Led to the Scientific Revolution
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: April 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780071385077
Subjects: Astronomy, Space & Time; History Of Science; Science, Renaissance; Science; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; Earth Sciences - General; History; Science / Earth Sciences; Science, Medieval
First sentence: The young Copernicus spent six years in Italy studying law and medicine (and, on the side, astronomy), then returned to Poland to spend the rest of his life in what he called the "darkest corner of the world."