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A more perfect heaven how Nicolaus Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos

Sobel paints an unforgettable portrait of the Copernican Revolution. Encouraged by his German protégé, Polish cleric Nicolaus Copernicus published his heliocentric model of the universe, tantalizing 16th-century mathematicians and scientists--and triggering a groundswell of opposition.

Main Author: Sobel, Dava.
Corporate Authors: Recorded Books, LLC.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2011.
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Copernicus, Nicolaus, > 1473-1543 > Influence.
Copernicus, Nicolaus, > 1473-1543. > De revolutionibus orbium caelestium.
Astronomy.
Solar system.
Audiobooks.
Summary: Sobel paints an unforgettable portrait of the Copernican Revolution. Encouraged by his German protégé, Polish cleric Nicolaus Copernicus published his heliocentric model of the universe, tantalizing 16th-century mathematicians and scientists--and triggering a groundswell of opposition.
Item Description: Compact disc.
Title from container.
In container (17 cm.)
"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.
Physical Description: 7 sound discs (7 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Issued also on cassette.
ISBN: 9781461826231
1461826233
Author Notes: Dava Sobel was born in the Bronx, New York on June 15, 1947. She received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1969. She is a former New York Times science reporter and has contributed articles to Audubon, Discover, Life, Harvard Magazine, and The New Yorker.

She has written several science related books including Letters to Father, The Planets, and A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time won the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love won the 1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for science and technology and a 2000 Christopher Award. She has co-authored six books with astronomer Frank Drake including Is Anyone Out There? She also co-authored with William J. H. Andrewes The Illustrated Longitude.

Because her work provides awareness of science and technology to the general public, she has received the Individual Public Service Award from the National Science Board in 2001, the Bradford Washburn Award in 2001,the Klumpke-Roberts Award in 2008, and the Eduard Rhein Foundation in Germany in 2014.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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