Nicolaus copernicus: making the earth a planet
Auteur :
Gingerich, Owen / MacLachlan, James
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195161731
Date de publication :
16 juin 2005
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,2 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
381 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.