- Description
- 295 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Series Statement
- Great discoveries
- Subject
- Note
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294).
- Contents
- Why the universe screams -- Exegesis: Osiander's preface and I.1-4 -- What we believed: cosmology -- Exegesis: I.5 -- What we believed: motion -- Exegesis: I.5 (cont'd)-I.9 -- The limits of observation in 1543 -- Exegesis: I.10-14 -- Orbits of Venus -- Exegesis: Book II -- What we believed: scriptures -- Exegesis: Book III -- Silent to the end -- Exegesis: Book IV -- The pillars of Hercules -- Exegesis: Book V -- Assessments -- Exegesis: Book VI -- Simplicity -- Burnings.
- ISBN
- LCCN
- 2005025864
- OCLC
- BK0006803616
- Author
Vollmann, William T.
- Title
Uncentering the Earth : Copernicus and The revolutions of the heavenly spheres / William T. Vollmann.
- Imprint
New York : Norton, c2006.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Series
Great discoveries
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294).