Celestial revolutionary : Copernicus, the man and his universe /: Copernicus, the man and his universe. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Freely.
• Other Names: Freely, John
• Contents: Illustrations; Introduction; 1 'This Remote Corner of the Earth'; 2 A New Age; 3 The Jagiellonian University of Krakow; 4 Renaissance Italy; 5 The Bishopric of Warmia; 6 The Little Commentary; 7 The Letter Against Werner; 8 The Frauenburg Wenches; 9 The First Disciple; 10 The First Account; 11 Preparing the Revolutions; 12 The Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres; 13 The Copernican Revolution; 14 Debating the Copernican and Ptolemaic Models; 15 The Newtonian Synthesis; Epilogue Searching for Copernicus; Source Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 520.92; Astronomers -- Poland -- Biography; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology; SCIENCE -- Astronomy; Astronomers; Poland; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857734907; 0857734903
• Related ISBNs: 9781780763507
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.