Uncentering the Earth
Subtitle: Copernicus and the revolutions of the heavenly spheres
By: William T. Vollmann
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Atlas / W.W. Norton; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780297845683
Subjects: Astronomy; History; De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (Copernicus, Nicolaus)
Table of contents: title: Why the universe screams; title: Exegesis : Osiander's preface and I.1-4; title: What we believed : cosmology; title: Exegesis : I.5; title: What we believed : motion; title: Exegesis : I.5 (cont'd)-I.9; title: The limits of observation in 1543; title: Exegesis : I.10-14; title: Orbits of Venus; title: Exegesis : book II; title: What we believed : scriptures; title: Exegesis : book III; title: Silent to the end; title: Exegesis : book IV; title: The pillars of Hercules; title: Exegesis : book V; title: Assessments; title: Exegesis : book VI; title: Simplicity; title: Burnings.