Book ID: CBB931474490

Finding Our Place in the Solar System: The Scientific Story of the Copernican Revolution (2019)

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Timberlake, Todd (Author)
Wallace, Paul (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 378
Language: English

Finding our Place in the Solar System gives a detailed account of how the Earth was displaced from its traditional position at the center of the universe to be recognized as one of several planets orbiting the Sun under the influence of a universal gravitational force. The transition from the ancient geocentric worldview to a modern understanding of planetary motion, often called the Copernican Revolution, is one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind. This book provides a deep yet accessible explanation of the scientific disputes over our place in the solar system and the work of the great scientists who helped settle them. Readers will come away knowing not just that the Earth orbits the Sun, but why we believe that it does so. The Copernican Revolution also provides an excellent case study of what science is and how it works.

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Review Nicholas A. Jacobson (2020) Review of "Finding Our Place in the Solar System: The Scientific Story of the Copernican Revolution". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 387-388). unapi

Review James M. Lattis (2019) Review of "Finding Our Place in the Solar System: The Scientific Story of the Copernican Revolution". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 489-491). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Graney, Christopher M.
Karas, Marcin
Nikfahm Khubravan, Sajjad
Spranzi Zuber, Marta
Segonds, Alain-Philippe
Roux, Sophie
Concepts
Astronomy
Heliocentrism
Cosmology
Copernicanism
Geocentrism
Celestial mechanics
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Renaissance
Medieval
Early modern
Ancient
Places
Italy
Europe
Lisbon (Portugal)
Portugal
France
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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