Copernicus

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Copernicus is written by Owen Gingerich and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199330980 (ISBN 10) and 9780199330980 (ISBN 13).

In this Very Short Introduction, leading historian of science Owen Gingerich offers a fascinating portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), who developed the concept of a heliocentric universe and is a pivotal figure in the birth of modern science. He depicts the "Copernican revolution" as the outcome of a new way of looking at the world in an era when political as well as religious beliefs were rapidly changing.