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A More Perfect Heaven
How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos
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This book is about:
- De revolutionibus orbium caelestium,
- Copernicus, Nicolaus,
- Astronomy,
- Solar system,
- Influence
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For Copernicus, A 'Perfect Heaven' Put Sun At The Center
November 8, 2011 In 1543, when Nicolaus Copernicus made the astounding claim that Earth revolves around the sun, not the other way around, his ideas were met with scorn. "It went against everything that your senses tell you. It went against common sense," says author Dava Sobel, who wrote a new book about the astronomer.
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