On The Revolutions Of The Heavenly Spheres Concise Edition

Author : Copernicus,Marika Taylor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781804175712

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On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Concise Edition) by Copernicus,Marika Taylor Pdf

Controversial at the time, Copernicus's discoveries led to the scientific revolution, and a greater understanding of our place in the universe. An accessible, abridged edition with a new introduction. Renaissance Natural philosopher Nicolaus Copernicus's pioneering discovery of the heliocentric nature of the solar system is one of the few identifiable moments in history that define the understanding of the nature of all things. His great work was the consequence of long observation and resulted in the first stage of the Scientific Revolution by correctly positing that the earth and other planets of the solar system revolved around the sun. Not only did this promote further study to understand the place of humanity in the world and the universe, it questioned the authority of the organised Christian Church in the West to be the keeper of fundamental truths. Ultimately this would lead to the Enlightenment, and the separation of religion, government and science. The FLAME TREE Foundations series features core publications which together have shaped the cultural landscape of the modern world, with cutting-edge research distilled into pocket guides designed to be both accessible and informative.

Author : Nicholas Copernicus,Rosen,Jerzy Dobrzycki
Publisher : Springer
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781349017768

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On the Revolutions: Volume 2 by Nicholas Copernicus,Rosen,Jerzy Dobrzycki Pdf

Author : Nicolaus Copernicus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015002494261

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On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres ... by Nicolaus Copernicus Pdf

Author : Nicolaus Copernicus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:234120761

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On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus Pdf

Author : Nicolaus Copernicus
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1995-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1573920347

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On Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus Pdf

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781804175699

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On the Origin of Species (Concise Edition) by Charles Darwin Pdf

Darwin's masterpiece helped shaped the cultural landscape of the world today. Now in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader. Initially received with muted applause, Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was soon recognized as the breakthrough scientific advance that explained the evidence of the world around us, the place and history of humans, the connections between environment and evolution. Still regarded by some as radical, Darwin's contribution to world knowledge is immeasurable. This new, popular edition has been edited and abridged for the modern reader, to introduce Darwin's research in a digestible form. The FLAME TREE Foundations series features core publications which together have shaped the cultural landscape of the modern world, with cutting-edge research distilled into pocket guides designed to be both accessible and informative.

Author : Aristotle
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 117 pages
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Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781804175729

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The Physics. Writings on Natural Philosophy (Concise Edition) by Aristotle Pdf

Aristotle's great work that laid the foundations for Galileo, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein's much later discoveries about the natural laws of life and the universe. In the philosophical language of Aristotle and the Greeks of Antiquity, 'Physics' roughly translates as 'the order of nature', covering what we would now differentiate as philosophy, science, politics, humanities and religion. One of Aristotle's great works, of which we here present an abridged edition, The Physics is an investigation into the nature of being, of the world and its place in the universe. Although philosophically much broader, it provides the foundation for the later work of Galileo and Isaac Newton, and prefigures Albert Einstein's breakthrough theories on time, space and the motion of stars. The FLAME TREE Foundations series features core publications which together have shaped the cultural landscape of the modern world, with cutting-edge research distilled into pocket guides designed to be both accessible and informative.

Author : Niels Bohr,Max Planck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781804175743

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Quantum Theory (A Concise Edtition) by Niels Bohr,Max Planck Pdf

Bohr and Planck helped shaped the cultural landscape of the world today. Now their work is available here in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader. A concise, uncluttered edition for the modern reader, with a new introduction. Quantum Theory contains two foundational works of quantum research from the early years of the 20th Century, representing breakthroughs in science that radically altered the landscape of modern knowledge: Quantum Theory of Line-Spectra by Niels Bohr and The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory by Max Planck. The FLAME TREE Foundations series features core publications which together have shaped the cultural landscape of the modern world, with cutting-edge research distilled into pocket guides designed to be both accessible and informative.

Author : Isaac Newton,Marika Taylor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781804175705

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The Principia. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Concise edition) by Isaac Newton,Marika Taylor Pdf

Newton's bold masterwork helped shaped the cultural landscape of the world today. Now in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader. New concise edition with a new introduction, abridged for the modern reader. The Principia. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy is one of the most important scientific works ever to have been written and has had a profound impact on modern science. Consisting of three separate books, the Principia states Newton’s laws of motion and Newton’s law of universal gravitation. Understanding and acceptance of these theories was not immediate, however by the end of the seventeenth century no one could deny that Newton had far exceeded all previous works and revolutionised scientific thinking. The FLAME TREE Foundations series features core publications which together have shaped the cultural landscape of the modern world, with cutting-edge research distilled into pocket guides designed to be both accessible and informative.

Author : William T. Vollmann
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 0297845683

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Uncentering the Earth by William T. Vollmann Pdf

The man and the idea that created modern science, as seen by one of today's most celebrated writers.

Author : Jack Repcheck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743289511

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Copernicus' Secret by Jack Repcheck Pdf

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' Secretrecreates the life and world of the scientific genius whose work revolutionized astronomy and altered our understanding of our place in the world. It tells the surprising, little-known story behind the dawn of the scientific age.

Author : Dava Sobel
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781408818008

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A More Perfect Heaven by Dava Sobel Pdf

During the 1530s, rumours of a potentially revolutionary theory of how the heavens worked emanating from a small city in Poland began to spread throughout Europe. The architect of this theory was a Polish cleric named Nicolaus Copernicus. In around 1514 Copernicus had written and hand-copied an initial outline of his heliocentric theory, in which he placed the Sun, not the Earth, at the centre of our universe, with the planets, including the Earth, revolving about it. Titled his Commentariolus, it circulated among a very few astronomers. Over the next two decades Copernicus expanded his theory through hundreds of sightings, leading to a secretive manuscript whose existence tantalised mathematicians and scientists all over the world. In 1539 a young German mathematician, Georg Joachim Rheticus, travelled to Frombork to meet Copernicus; months later he departed with the manuscript for the book that would change the way we understand our place in the universe. Rheticus arranged for the publication of De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres) - legend has it Copernicus received a copy on his deathbed. This book would forever change the way we thought about our place in the universe.In her compelling style, Dava Sobel chronicles the history of the Copernican Revolution, relating the story of astronomy from Aristotle to the Middle Ages. And as she achieved with her international bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, in A More Perfect Heaven, Sobel expands the bounds of popular science writing, giving us an unforgettable portrait of a major step forward in the human knowledge of our universe.

Author : Gary Forsythe
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781648040634

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A Concise History of Western Civilization: From Prehistoric to Early Modern Times: Third Edition by Gary Forsythe Pdf

A Concise History of Western Civilization: From Prehistoric to Early Modern Times: Third Edition By: Gary Forsythe This volume is designed to serve as the textbook for an undergraduate college course that surveys the history of Western Civilization up to the Early Modern Period. It differs from most Western Civilization books in that it places more emphasis on the ancient world and less on the Middle Ages. It treats the ancient Near Eastern civilizations with a view to understanding the historical context of ancient Judaism and the Hebrew Bible, and it also stresses the political thought and institutions of the ancient Greeks and Romans, which have been so important in shaping the political institutions of many modern nations worldwide. The text is a straightforward textbook of basic historical information and represents the content of the author's class lectures in his course on Western Civilization.

Author : Isaac Newton,Percival Frost
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 1015496717

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Newton's Principia by Isaac Newton,Percival Frost Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Nicolaus Copernicus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : OCLC:1127471421

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On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus Pdf