Kuhn, Thomas S. 1922-1996.

The Copernican revolution : planetary astronomy in the development of Western thought / Thomas S. Kuhn. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1957. - xviii, 297 p. : charts, diagrs., 25 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [279]-281. "Bibliographical notes": p. [283]-291.

The ancient two-sphere universe -- The problem of the planets -- The two-sphere universe in Aristotelian thought -- Recasting the tradition: Aristotle to the Copernicans -- Copernicus' innovation -- The assimilation of Copernican astronomy -- The new universe.

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Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.


Cosmology.

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