A more perfect heaven: how Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos 9780802717931, 0802717934, 9780802778949, 0802778941

Part I. Prelude -- ch. 1 Moral, Rustic, and Amorous Epistles -- ch. 2 The Brief Sketch -- ch. 3 Lease of Abandoned Farms

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Table of contents :
Part I. Prelude --
ch. 1 Moral, Rustic, and Amorous Epistles --
ch. 2 The Brief Sketch --
ch. 3 Lease of Abandoned Farmsteads --
ch. 4 On the Method of Minting Money --
ch. 5 The Letter Against Werner --
ch. 6 The Bread Tariff --
Part II. Interplay --
"And the Sun Stood Still" Act I --
"And the Sun Stood Still" Act II --
Part III. Aftermath --
ch. 7 The First Account --
ch. 8 On the Revolutionms of the Heavenly Spheres --
ch. 9 The Basel Edition --
ch. 10 Epitome of Copernican Astronomy --
ch. 11 Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, Ptolemaic and Copernican --
ch. 12 An Annotated Census of Copernicus' De Revolutionibus.

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