Copernicus

About The Author

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) was a Polish mathematician, astronomer, physician, classics scholar, translator, governor, diplomat and economist, who posited that the Earth orbited the Sun, and not the other way round. He started the Scientific Revolution which eventually disconnected the Church from its role as the sole arbiter of all truths.

Books by Copernicus

On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Concise Edition)
By Copernicus and Marika Taylor
Introduction by James Lees
Controversial at the time, Copernicus's discoveries led to the scientific revolution, and a greater understanding of our place in the universe.

An accessible, abridged edition with a new introduction. Renaissance Natural philosopher Nicolaus Copernicus's pioneering discovery of the ...
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