000321605 000__ 02225cam\a2200337\a\4500 000321605 001__ 321605 000321605 005__ 20210513115905.0 000321605 008__ 070613s2007\\\\nyuabf\\\b\\\\001\0beng\\ 000321605 010__ $$a 2007024649 000321605 020__ $$a9780743289511 000321605 020__ $$a074328951X 000321605 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn144769776 000321605 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dYDXCP$$dBTCTA$$dJED$$dZS3$$dC#P$$dBUR$$dIXA$$dVP@ 000321605 043__ $$ae-po--- 000321605 049__ $$aISEA 000321605 05000 $$aQB36.C8$$bR387 2007 000321605 08200 $$a520.92$$aB$$222 000321605 1001_ $$aRepcheck, Jack. 000321605 24510 $$aCopernicus' secret :$$bhow the scientific revolution began /$$cJack Repcheck. 000321605 250__ $$a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 000321605 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster,$$c2007. 000321605 300__ $$axvi, 239 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bill., maps ;$$c23 cm. 000321605 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-216) and index. 000321605 520__ $$aNicolaus Copernicus gave the world perhaps the most important scientific insight of the modern age, the theory that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, and that the earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours--nearly everyone then believed that a perfectly still earth rested in the middle of the cosmos, where all the heavenly bodies revolved around it. A transcendent genius, Copernicus was also a flawed and conflicted person. During the tumultuous years of the early Reformation, he may have been sympathetic to the teachings of the Lutherans. Supremely confident intellectually, he hesitated to disseminate his work--in fact, he kept it a secret, and the manuscript containing his theory, which he refined for at least twenty years, remained "hidden among my things." It might never have been published if not for the enthusiasm of a young mathematician who journeyed hundreds of miles to meet him.--From publisher description. 000321605 60010 $$aCopernicus, Nicolaus,$$d1473-1543. 000321605 650_0 $$aAstronomers$$zPoland$$xBiography. 000321605 650_0 $$aAstronomy, Medieval. 000321605 85200 $$bgen$$hQB36.C8$$iR387$$i2007 000321605 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024649.html 000321605 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0745/2007024649-d.html 000321605 85641 $$3Sample text$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2007024649-s.html 000321605 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:321605$$pGLOBAL_SET 000321605 980__ $$aBIB 000321605 980__ $$aBOOK 000321605 994__ $$aC0$$bISE