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The Ash Wednesday Supperby Giordano BrunoISBN 9027975817 (90-279-7581-7)
Hardcover, Walter De Gruyter Inc
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The Ash Wednesday Supper/LA Cena De Le Ceneri: LA Cena De Le Ceneriby Giordano Bruno, Lawrence S. Lerner, Edward A. Gosselin, Renaissance Society of AmericaISBN 0802074693 (0-8020-7469-3)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicusby Owen GingerichISBN 0143034766 (0-14-303476-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus'Book summary:[via]In the spring of 1543 as the celebrated astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, lay on his death bed, his fellow clerics brought him a long-awaited package: the final printed pages of the book he had worked on for many years: De revolutionibus (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres). Though Copernicus would not live to hear of its extraordinary impact, his book, which first suggested that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the universe, is today recognized as one of the most influential scientific works of all timethanks in part to astrophysicist Owen Gingerich.
Four and a half centuries after its initial publication, Gingerich embarked on an epic quest to see in person all extant copies of the first and second editions of De revolutionibus. He was inspired by two contradictory pieces of information: Arthur Koestler's claim, in his bookThe Sleepwalkers, that nobody had read Copernicus's book when it was published; and Gingerich's discovery, in Edinburgh, of a first edition richly annotated in the margins by the leading teacher of astronomy in Europe in the 1540s. If one copy had been so quickly appreciated, Gingerich reasoned, perhaps others were as welland perhaps they could throw new light on a hinge point in the history of astronomy.
After three decades of investigation, and after traveling hundreds of thousands of miles across the globefrom Melbourne to Moscow, Boston to BeijingGingerich has written an utterly original book built on his experience and the remarkable insights gleaned from examining some 600 copies of De revolutionibus. He found the books owned and annotated by Galileo, Kepler and many other lesser-known astronomers whom he brings back to life, which illuminate the long, reluctant process of accepting the Sun-centered cosmos and highlight the historic tensions between science and the Catholic Church. He traced the ownership of individual copies through the hands of saints, heretics, scalawags, and bibliomaniacs. He was called as the expert witness in the theft of one copy, witnessed the dramatic auction of another, and proves conclusively that De revolutionibus was as inspirational as it was revolutionary.
Part biography of a book, part scientific exploration, part bibliographic detective story, The Book Nobody Read recolors the history of cosmology and offers new appreciation of the enduring power of an extraordinary book and its ideas.More editions of The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus:
Books That Changed the Worldby Robert B. DownsISBN 0451529286 (0-451-52928-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Champions of Scienceby John H. TinerISBN 0890512809 (0-89051-280-9)
Softcover, New Leaf Pr
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The Copernican Revolutionby Thomas S. KuhnISBN 1567312179 (1-56731-217-9)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thoughtby Thomas S. KuhnISBN 0674171039 (0-674-17103-9)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought'Book summary:For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost its significance today. Few episodes in the development of scientific theory show so clearly how the solution to a highly technical problem can alter our basic thought processes and attitudes. Understanding the processes which underlay the Revolution gives us a perspective, in this scientific age, from which to evaluate our own beliefs more intelligently. With a constant keen awareness of the inseparable mixture of its technical, philosophical, and humanistic elements, Mr. Kuhn displays the full scope of the Copernican Revolution as simultaneously an episode in the internal development of astronomy, a critical turning point in the evolution of scientific thought, and a crisis in Western man's concept of his relation to the universe and to God.
The book begins with a description of the first scientific cosmology developed by the Greeks. Mr. Kuhn thus prepares the way for a continuing analysis of the relation between theory and observation and belief. He describes the many functions--astronomical, scientific, and nonscientific--of the Greek concept of the universe, concentrating especially on the religious implications. He then treats the intellectual, social, and economic developments which nurtured Copernicus' break with traditional astronomy. Although many of these developments, including scholastic criticism of Aristotle's theory of motion and the Renaissance revival of Neoplatonism, lie entirely outside of astronomy, they increased the flexibility of the astronomer's imagination. That new flexibility is apparent in the work of Copernicus, whose DE REVOLUTIONIBUS ORBIUM CAELESTIUM is discussed in detail both for its own significance and as a representative scientific innovation.
With a final analysis of Copernicus' life work--its reception and its contribution to a new scientific concept of the universe--Mr. Kuhn illuminates both the researches that finally made the heliocentric arrangement work, and the achievements in physics and metaphysics that made the planetary earth an integral part of Newtonian science. These are the developments that once again provided man with a coherent and self-consistent conception of the universe and of his own place in it.
This is a book for any reader interested in the evolution of ideas and, in particular, in the curious interplay of hypothesis and experiment which is the essence of modern science. Says James Bryant Conant in his Foreword: "Professor Kuhn's handling of the subject merits attention, for... he points the way to the road which must be followed if science is to be assimilated into the culture of our times."
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Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo: Including the Starry Messengerby Galileo Galilei, Stillman DrakeISBN 0385092393 (0-385-09239-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Doctor Copernicusby John BanvilleISBN 0679737995 (0-679-73799-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Doctor Copernicus'Book summary:'Banville is superb ...there are not many historical novels of which it can be said that they illuminate both the time that forms their subject matter and the time in which they are read: Doctor Copernicus is among the very best of them' - "The Economist". The work of Nicholas Koppernigk, better known as Copernicus, shattered the medieval view of the universe and led to the formulation of the image of the solar system we know today. Here his life is powerfully evoked in a novel that offers a vivid portrait of a man of painful reticence, haunted by a malevolent brother and baffled by the conspiracies that rage around him and his ideas while he searches for the secret of life. 'Banville writes novels of complex patterning, with grace, precision and timing' - "Guardian". 'With his fastidious wit and exquisite style, John Banville is the heir to Nabokov' - "Daily Telegraph". 'A tour de force: a fictional evocation of the great astronomer which is exciting, beautifully written and astonishingly redolent of the late medieval world' - "The Times". [via]
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Hardcover, Norton - Doctor Copernicus: ISBN 0436032635 (0-436-03263-5)
Hardcover, Secker and Warburg - Doctor Copernicus: ISBN 0679737995 (0-679-73799-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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From the Closed World to the Infinite Universeby Alexandre KoyreISBN 0801803470 (0-8018-0347-0)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Genesis of the Copernican Worldby Hans BlumenburyISBN 026252144X (0-262-52144-X)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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The Genesis of the Copernican Worldby Robert M. Wallace, Hans BlumenbergISBN 0262022672 (0-262-02267-2)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Encyclopdia Britannica, inc., Robert Maynard HutchinsISBN 0852291639 (0-85229-163-9)
Hardcover, Encyclopdia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:The Iliad (Ancient Greek ?????, Ilias) is, together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, a supposedly blind Ionian poet. The epics are considered by most modern scholars to be the oldest literature in the Greek language. The Iliad concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks. The Odyssey (Greek: ????????, Odusseia)is commonly dated circa 800 to 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses) in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he at last returns to his native land of Ithaca. [via]
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Mortimer Jerome Adler, Clifton Fadiman, Philip W. GoetzISBN 0852295316 (0-85229-531-6)
Hardcover, Encyclopaedia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:There is no better way to own and appreciate the world's greatest written works. Great Books of the Western World is one of the most acclaimed publishing feats of our time. Authoritative, accurate, and complete, this collection represents the essential core of the Western literary canon, compiling 517 of the most significant achievements in literature, history, philosophy, and science into a color-coded set as handsome as it is affordable. From the ancient classics to the newest masterpieces of the 20th century, Great Books traces the ideas, stories, and discoveries that have shaped modern civilization. Volumes 1 and 2 of this collection is the Syntopicon, a unique two-volume guide (not sold separately) that enables you to investigate a particular idea and compare what different authors have to say about it. The Syntopicon comprises a new kind of reference work -- accomplishing for ideas what the dictionary accomplishes for words and the encyclopaedia accomplishes for facts. Also included is the Great Conversation, featuring fascinating background information, extensive timelines, photos, and quotes from the classic works and their authors. 60 volumes Individual Volume Size: 9 1/2" H x 1"-2" W (Across Spine) x 6 1/2" D Overall Width of Set: 65"(5'5") Special colors on the Great Books' spines guide you quickly to the four subject areas - [via]
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The Illustrated on the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and AstronomyISBN 0762418982 (0-7624-1898-2)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
Find This BookBook summary:The first edition of this revolutionary look at the scientific discoveries that changed our perception of the world, by the renowned physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking, sold over 65,000 copies. Now its available in a gift-worthy special edition with color photographs and illustrations depicting theoretical models of the planets and their orbitsmaking Hawkings brilliant insights all the more accessible. This original compilation is based on seven classic works of physics and astronomy which, read in chronological order, trace the evolution of modern science. THE ILLUSTRATED ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS includes selections from On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus; Principia by Sir Isaac Newton; The Principle of Relativity by Albert Einstein; Dialogues Concerning Two Sciences by Galileo Galilei with Alfonso De Salvio; plus Harmony of the World by Johannes Kepler. It also includes five important critical essays and an original biography of each physicist, written by Hawking himself.[via]More editions of The Illustrated on the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy:
Illustrated on the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics And Astronomyby Stephen HawkingISBN 0762427329 (0-7624-2732-9)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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It Started With Copernicus: How Turning the World Inside Out Led to the Scientific Revolutionby Howard MargolisISBN 007138507X (0-07-138507-X)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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The standard account of the rise of Western science recently has come under fire by historians who claim that there was nothing revolutionary about the Copernican Revolution and that science did not suddenly become modern in its aftermath. How, then, explain the fact that, after 14 centuries of barely noticeable scientific progress, virtually all of the major discoveries that formed the foundation of modern science were made within a few years of 1600? In It Started with Copernicus, social theorist Howard Margolis answers with a controversial new theory of the psychological roots of the Scientific Revolution. Margolis points out that Copernicus's great discovery was not that the Earth revolved around the sunsince Aristarchus had proposed it 1,800 years earlierbut that entertaining such a seemingly unlikely idea would solve other problems. Thus, he provided a model for Kepler, Galileo, Steven, Gilbert, and others who would go on to lay the foundations of modern science.
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Mathematics and the Search for Knowledgeby Morris KlineISBN 0195042301 (0-19-504230-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Nicolaus Copernicus: Father Of Modern Astronomyby Barbara A. SomervillISBN 0756508126 (0-7565-0812-6)
Hardcover, Compass Point Books
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On the Revolutionsby Nicholas Copernicus, Jerzy DobrzyckiISBN 0801820391 (0-8018-2039-1)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins University Press
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On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheresby Nicolaus CopernicusISBN 1573920355 (1-57392-035-5)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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On the Shoulders of Giants: New Approaches to Numeracyby Lynn Arthur SteenISBN 0309042348 (0-309-04234-8)
Hardcover, Natl Academy Pr
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On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript The Post-Italianate Editionby Robert K. MertonISBN 0226520862 (0-226-52086-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomyby Stephen HawkingISBN 076241698X (0-7624-1698-X)
Softcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy'Book summary:World-renowned physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking presents a revolutionary look at the momentous discoveries that changed our perception of the world with this first-ever compilation of seven classic works on physics and astronomy. His choice of landmark writings by some of the world's great thinkers traces the brilliant evolution of modern science and shows how each figure built upon the genius of his predecessors. On the Shoulders of Giants includes, in their entirety, On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus; Principia by Sir Isaac Newton; The Principle of Relativity by Albert Einstein; Dialogues Concerning Two Sciences by Galileo Galilei with Alfonso De Salvio; plus Mystery of the Cosmos, Harmony of the World, and Rudolphine Tables by Johannes Kepler. It also includes five critical essays and a biography of each featured physicist, written by Hawking himself.[via]More editions of On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy:
The Poetic Structure of the World: Copernicus and Keplerby Fernand Hallyn, Donald M. LeslieISBN 0942299612 (0-942299-61-2)
Softcover, Zone Books
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The Renaissanceby Michel PierreISBN 0382092953 (0-382-09295-3)
Hardcover, Silver Burdett Pr
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Story of Astronomyby Carole Stott, Chris ForseyISBN 081672704X (0-8167-2704-X)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc
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Sun-Symbolism and Cosmology in Michelangelo's "Last Judgment"by Valerie ShrimplinISBN 0943549655 (0-943549-65-5)
Hardcover, Truman State Univ Pr
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Uncentering the Earth: Copernicus and The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheresby William T. VollmannISBN 0393329186 (0-393-32918-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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La teoria del cuerpo negro y la discontinuidad cuantica, 1894-1912/ The Theory of the Black Body and the Discontinue Quantum, 1894-1912by Thomas S. KuhnISBN 8420622621 (84-206-2262-1)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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