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1543 saw the publication of one of the most significant scientific works ever written: De revolutionibus (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), in which Nicolaus Copernicus presented a radically different structure of the cosmos by placing the sun, and not the earth, at the centre of the universe. Butā¦
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Gingerich discusses both the reception of Copernicusā heliocentric theory, as well as his own extensive research on Copernicusā book, De Revolutionibus.
Over the course of several decades, Gingerich studied hundreds of copies of the first and second editions of Copernicusā famous book in an effort to constructive a comprehensive census of the existing copies. These books can now sell for millions of dollars.
Gingerich was motivated in part by earlier studies of the annotations in various copies of the first edition of De Revolutionibus. Some of these contain many detailed annotations, indicating that the book was often studiedā¦
From K.'s list on The best books in science studies.
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