Sobel, Dava, <br/><br/>
A more perfect heaven :  how Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos / 
Dava Sobel. 
 - 1st U.S. edition. 
 - xiv, 273 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. Prelude. Moral, rustic, and amorous epistles -- The brief sketch -- Leases of abandoned farmsteads -- On the method of minting money -- The letter against Werner -- The bread tariff -- part 2. Interplay. "And the sun stood still" : act I -- "And the sun stood still" : act II -- part 3. Aftermath. The first account -- On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres -- The Basel edition -- Epitome of copernican astronomy -- Dialogue concerning the two chief systems of the world, Ptolemaic and Copernican -- An annotated census of Copernicus' De revolutionibus -- Thanksgiving. 
<br/><br/> Traces the story of the reclusive sixteenth-century cleric who introduced the revolutionary idea that the Earth orbits the sun, describing the dangerous forces and complicated personalities that marked the publication of Copernicus's findings. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802717931 0802717934 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011024772 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 --Influence.<br/>Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.  De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. <br/>Copernicus Nicolaus, 1473-1543. <br/>Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (Copernicus, Nicolaus)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Astronomy.<br/>Astronomy<br/>Astronomy.<br/>Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Solar system.<br/>Solar system.<br/>Solar system.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Copernicus geocentric Scientific instrument 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>520.92 S677m