Owen Gingerich James Maclachlan (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Hardback. Condition: New. Illustrated. Born in Poland in 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus launched a quiet revolution. No scientist so radically transformed our understanding of our place in the universe as this curious bishop's doctor and church official. In his quest to discover a beautiful and coherent system to describe the motions of the planets, Copernicus placed the sun in the center of the system and made the earth a planet traveling around the sun. Today it is hard to imagine our solar system any other way, but for his time Copernicus's idea was earthshaking. In 1616 the church banned his book Revolutions because it contradicted the accepted notion that God placed Earth in the center of the universe. Even though those who knew of his work considered his idea dangerous, Revolutions remained of interest only to other scientists for many years. It took almost two hundred years for his concept of a sun-centered system to reach the general public. None the less, what Copernicus set out in his remarkable text truly revolutionized science. For this, Copernicus, a quiet doctor who made a tremendous leap of imagination, is considered the father of the Scientific Revolution.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. Series: Oxford Portraits in Science. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGT. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340. . 2005. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . .

Condition: New. Series: Oxford Portraits in Science. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGT. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340. . 2005. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardback. Condition: New. Illustrated. Born in Poland in 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus launched a quiet revolution. No scientist so radically transformed our understanding of our place in the universe as this curious bishop's doctor and church official. In his quest to discover a beautiful and coherent system to describe the motions of the planets, Copernicus placed the sun in the center of the system and made the earth a planet traveling around the sun. Today it is hard to imagine our solar system any other way, but for his time Copernicus's idea was earthshaking. In 1616 the church banned his book Revolutions because it contradicted the accepted notion that God placed Earth in the center of the universe. Even though those who knew of his work considered his idea dangerous, Revolutions remained of interest only to other scientists for many years. It took almost two hundred years for his concept of a sun-centered system to reach the general public. None the less, what Copernicus set out in his remarkable text truly revolutionized science. For this, Copernicus, a quiet doctor who made a tremendous leap of imagination, is considered the father of the Scientific Revolution.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 128 Illus.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 128.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 128.

Gebunden. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Nicolaus Copernicus launched a quiet revolution. No scientist so radically transformed our understanding of our place in the universe as this curious bishop s doctor and church official. In his quest to discover a beautiful and coherent system to describe t.…