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Copernicus' Secret : How the Scientific Revolution Began by Jack Repcheck (2007, Hardcover)

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Nicolaus 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. He was also the first to proclaim that the earth rotates on its axis once every twenty-four hours. His theory was truly radical: during his lifetime nearly everyone believed that a perfectly still earth rested in the middle of the cosmos, where all the heavenly bodies revolved around it. One of the transcendent geniuses of the early Renaissance, Copernicus was also a flawed and conflicted person. A cleric who lived during the tumultuous years of the early Reformation, he may have been sympathetic to the teachings of the Lutherans. Although he had taken a vow of celibacy, he kept at least one mistress. Supremely confident intellectually, he hesitated to disseminate his work among other scholars. It fact, he kept his astronomical work a secret, revealing it to only a few intimates, and the manuscript containing his revolutionary theory, which he refined for at least twenty years, remained "hidden among my things." It is unlikely that Copernicus' masterwork would ever have been published if not for a young mathematics professor named Georg Joachim Rheticus. He had heard of Copernicus' ideas, and with his imagination on fire he journeyed hundreds of miles to a land where, as a Lutheran, he was forbidden to travel. Rheticus' meeting with Copernicus in a small cathedral town in northern Poland proved to be one of the most important encounters in history. "Copernicus' Secret" recreates the life and world of the scientific genius whose work revolutionized astronomy and altered our understanding of our place in theworld. It tells the surprising, little-known story behind the dawn of the scientific age.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
074328951x
ISBN-13
9780743289511
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25038771563

Product Key Features

Book Title
Copernicus' Secret : How the Scientific Revolution Began
Author
Jack Repcheck
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History, Astronomy, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Qb36.C8r387 2007
Reviews
"Repcheck paints a vivid picture of the times, in which both Protestantism and intellectual inquiry posed threats to the Catholic worldview. The author also does an admirable job of shining a light on Copernicus's little-known immediate predecessors to show that, like the works of Einstein and Darwin, the scientist's theory didn't spring Athena-like from his brow"--Publishers Weekly, "No other biography of which I am aware treats the life of this scientific giant more vividly than this one."--New York Times Book Review
Table of Content
Contents Preface 1. Prelude to Future Troubles2. The Precursors3. Childhood4. Student Years5. Warmia6. Before the Storm7. The Death of the Bishop8. The Mistress and the Frombork Wenches9. The Taint of Heresy10. The Catalyst11. The Nuremberg Cabal12. The Meeting13. The First Summer14. Convincing Copernicus15. The Publication16. The Death of Copernicus17. Rheticus after Copernicus18. The Impact of On the Revolutions Notes and Select SourcesSuggested Additional ReadingsAcknowledgmentsIndex
Copyright Date
2007
Lccn
2007-024649
Dewey Decimal
520.92 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes