Title: The genesis of the Copernican world
Description: This major work by the German philosopher Hans Blumenberg is a monumental rethinking of the significance of the Copernican revolution for our understanding of modernity. It provides an important corrective to the view of science as an autonomous enterprise and presents a new account of the history of interpretations of the significance of the heavens for man.
Subjects: History, Astronomy, Philosophy, german
Places: Europe
People: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)
Time periods: 1492-