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100	1		_aSobel, Dava.
245	1	2	_aMore perfect heaven : _bhow Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos _cDava Sobel.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew Delhi : _bBloomsbury, _c©2011.
300			_axiv, 273 p. : _bill., maps ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPt. 1. Prelude. Moral, rustic, and amorous epistles -- The brief sketch -- Leases of abandoned farmsteads -- On the method of minting money -- The letter against Werner -- The bread tariff -- pt. 2. Interplay. "And the sun stood still" : act I -- "And the sun stood still" : act II -- pt. 3. Aftermath. The first account -- On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres -- The Basel edition -- Epitome of copernican astronomy -- Dialogue concerning the two chief systems of the world, Ptolemaic and Copernican -- An annotated census of Copernicus' De revolutionibus -- Thanksgiving.
520			_aTraces the story of the reclusive sixteenth-century cleric who introduced the revolutionary idea that the Earth orbits the sun, describing the dangerous forces and complicated personalities that marked the publication of Copernicus's findings.
650		0	_aAstronomy.
651		0	_aSolar system.
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