Celestial revolutionary : Copernicus, the man and his universe / John Freely.
Pubblicazione:
London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
Descrizione fisica:
VII, 279 p. : ill., ritr. ; 23 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Introduction. 1. This remote corner of the Earth 2. A new age 3. The Jagiellonian University of Krakow 4. Renaissance Italy 5. The Bishopric of Warmia 6. The little commentary 7. The letter against Werner 8. The Frauenburg wenches 9. The first disciple 10. The first account 11. Preparing the revolutions 12. The revolutions of the celestial spheres 13. The Copernican revolution 14. Debating the Copernican and Ptolemaic models 15. The Newtonian synthesis. Epilogue: Searching for Copernicus. Source notes. Bibliography. Index
