| Edition |
First Pegasus books cloth edition. |
| Physical Description |
xii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-326) and index. |
| Contents |
Introducing the stars -- Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolaus in the Old World ; The fall of the House of Watzenrode ; In opposition ; The first Copernican ; The first account ; The first dissent ; The second account ; Postmortem -- Tycho Brahe. New stars ; A burdensome privilege ; Hven ; Urania through the years ; Treasures on the broken road ; The parvenu ; Goodbye to all that ; The outside world ; A letter received -- Johannes Kepler. Fathers, sons, ghosts ; The theological turn ; Judgment ; A letter sent ; The need for harmony ; The eyes of the bear ; Two families ; Lunacy ; Reversals of fortune ; The war on astronomy ; Ascension -- Galileo Galilei. Descent ; Upon leaving the top of the arc ; Pupils ; Horky's odyssey ; Their rekindled friendship ; The naming of things ; The new man ; Their dying friendship ; The renaming of things ; First signs of night ; The animals ; Wine and women ; Two winters and a spring ; The other side of the door ; A bad memory ; A dove ; A tongue of fire ; Death and the garden ; The changing tides ; Works of his golden years ; A family man ; The dialogue ; The teacher ; Lacunae ; Life inside a box ; The four last things in cruel disorder -- Appendix: Seven vignettes from the new astronomy. |
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Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
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Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601.
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Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.
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Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
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Astronomers -- Biography.
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Astronomy -- History -- 16th century.
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| Local Special Collection |
Cornerstones of Science (Brunswick, Me.)
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