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Copernicus, Nicholas - kōpûrˈnĭkəs, Pol. Mikotaj Kopérnik, 1473–1543, Polish astronomer. After studying astronomy at the Univ. of Kraków, he spent a number of years in Italy studying various subjects, including medicine and canon law. He lectured c.1500 in Rome on mathematics and astronomy; in 1512 he settled in Frauenburg, East Prussia


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    Nicholas Copernicus, 1543-1943 » Read Now

    by Stephen P. Mizwa. 78 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...of his native city Torun. NICHOLAS COPERNICUS Copyright, 1943, by The...the source. First Printing NICHOLAS COPERNICUS 1543-1943 By STEPHEN...Copernicus . SIMON NEWCOMB 1...
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    Three Copernican Treatises: The Commentariolus of Copernicus, the Letter against Werner, the Narratio Prima of Rheticus » Read Now

    by Nicholas Copernicus, Edward Rosen. 220 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...INTRODUCTION 1 Nicholas Copernicus 3 George Joachim Rheticus...octavae sphaerae , fol. e6r. INTRODUCTION NICHOLAS COPERNICUS NICHOLAS COPERNICUS was born in 1473 at Thorn...
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    Gaia's Gift: Earth, Ourselves, and God after Copernicus » Read Now

    by Anne Primavesi. 150 pgs.

    Gaia's Gift , the second of Anne Primavesi's explorations of human relationships with the earth, asks that we complete the ideological revolution set in motion by Copernicus and Darwin concerning human importancene. They challenged the notion of our God-given centrality within the universe and...
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    The Copernican Plan Evaluated: The Evolution of a Revolution, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Joseph M. Carroll. 8 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...call it the Copernican Plan? Nicolaus Copernicus was a 16th-century scholar whose major...movements had been studied for centuries. Copernicus contribution was simple, but...
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    From Myth to Modern Mind: A Study of the Origins and Growth of Scientific Thought, Vol. 2: Copernicus through Quantum Mechanics » Read Now

    by Richard H. Schlagel. 584 pgs.

    ...of Scientific Thought Volume 2 Copernicus through Quantum Mechanics PETER LANG...Theogony through Ptolemy -- v. 2. Copernicus through quantum mechanics. 1...
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    The Book of the Cosmos: Imagining the Universe from Heraclitus to Hawking (Part Three "Copernicus to Newton") » Read Now

    by Dennis Richard Danielson. 556 pgs.

    What is the cosmos? How did it come into being? How are we related to it, and what is our place in it? The Book of the Cosmos assembles for the first time in one volume the great minds of the Western world who have considered these questions from biblical times to the present. It is a book of many...
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    The Origins of Modern Science: 1300-1800 (Chap. Two "The Conservatism of Copernicus") » Read Now

    by H. Butterfield. 248 pgs.

    ...TWO THE CONSERVATISM OF COPERNICUS AN introductory sketch...long before the time of Copernicus that the Ptolemaic system...later medieval writers like Nicholas of Cusa had...
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    Main Currents of Scientific Thought: A History of the Sciences (Chap. 12 "The Copernican System of the World") » Read Now

    by S. F. Mason. 522 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...MAIN CURRENTS OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT A VOLUME IN THE LIFE OF SCIENCE LIBRARY NO. 32 S. F. MASON, M. A., D.Phil. Main Currents of Scientific Thought A HISTORY...
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    The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia ("The Copernican Revolution" begins on p. 334) » Read Now

    by Darrel W. Amundsen, Gary B. Ferngren, Edward J. Larson, Anne-Marie E. Nakhla. 587 pgs.

    Spanning from 5th century Greece to today, this volume describes the relationship of science and religion throughout history. From ancient cosmology to modern physics, every major intellectual movement and discipline is covered.
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    Foundations of Modern Cosmology ("Copernicus" begins on p. 34) » Read Now

    by John F. Hawley, Katherine A. Holcomb. 508 pgs.

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    Recent discoveries in astronomy, especially those made with data collected by satellites such as the Cosmic Background Explorer and the Hubble Space Telescope, have brought the science of cosmology to the forefront of public interest. These new observations suggest the tantalizing possibility that...
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    Kant's Newtonian Revolution in Philosophy (Chap. 6 "Kant, Copernicus, and the Copernican Revolution in Philosophy") » Read Now

    by Robert Hahn. 146 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    ...56 Chapter 6 Kant, Copernicus, and the Copernican Revolution...61 6.A. Kant and Copernicus: The Idea of a Novel Hypothesis 62 6.B. The Copernicus That Kant Learned from...

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