Coming of Age in the Milky WayTwelve years in the making and impeccably researched, Coming of Age in the Milky Way chronicles the awakening of the human species to the vastness of our cosmos and shows how each time the model of the universe has been altered, tremors have rumbled through such realms as theology and politics. Illustrated. |
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... Copernicus similarly worked in awe of the ancients , and his efforts , like so much of natural philosophy then and ... Copernicus acquired an enthu- siasm for the universe of crystalline spheres - although , like Aris- totle , Copernicus ...
... Copernicus similarly worked in awe of the ancients , and his efforts , like so much of natural philosophy then and ... Copernicus acquired an enthu- siasm for the universe of crystalline spheres - although , like Aris- totle , Copernicus ...
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... Copernicus was influenced by Neoplatonic sun worship as well . This was a popular view at the time - even Christ was being modeled by Renaissance painters on busts of Apollo the sun god --and decades later , back in the rainy north ...
... Copernicus was influenced by Neoplatonic sun worship as well . This was a popular view at the time - even Christ was being modeled by Renaissance painters on busts of Apollo the sun god --and decades later , back in the rainy north ...
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... Copernicus wrote and privately circulated a longhand sketch of his theory . He called it the " ballet of the planets . " It aroused interest among scholars , but Copernicus published none of it . He was an old man before he finally ...
... Copernicus wrote and privately circulated a longhand sketch of his theory . He called it the " ballet of the planets . " It aroused interest among scholars , but Copernicus published none of it . He was an old man before he finally ...
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