The Book Nobody Read

Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus

Recommended by Dava Sobel, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #98 in History Of Science

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 time--thanks in part to astrophysicist Owen Gingerich.

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Dava Sobel Gingerich writes about his own study of Copernicus’s On the Revolution. And he was able to prove that it was, in fact, an extremely important book. (Source)


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