nicolaus copernicus on the revolutions of heavenly spheres

Summary: 'The Copernican revolution in mans ideas of the structure of the universe, the place of his own earth in it, and the methods and concepts appropriate for studying it is probably the most important turning point in the development of modern science and the European mind.

It also takes the story further with how the study of astronomy developed after the death of Copernicus over 70 years later with Tycho Brae and Galileo's telescope.īook one of On the Revolution of the Heavenly spheres is perfectly readable and for me added some details that fleshed out my previous understanding of early astronomy. On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres. The creator of the Copernican Model of the universe (aka. I did not actually read On the Revolution of the Heavenly spheres in its entirety, because the mathematics would have been way beyond my comprehension, but I did find something called Copernicus Work book edited by Patrick Bruskiewitch which contains a large extract from book one of 'On the Revolution of the Spheres' as well as Copernicus 'A Commentary on the Hypothesis concerning celestial motion' The work book contains an article which introduces Ptolemy's 'Almagest' and the concept of the spheres. When it comes to understanding our place in the universe, few scientists have had more of an impact than Nicolaus Copernicus.

Nicolaus copernicus on the revolutions of heavenly spheres