Nicolaus Copernicus

New to Penguin Classics, the astonishing story of the Copernican Revolution, told through the words of the ground-breaking scientists who brought it aboutIn the late fifteenth century, it was believed that the earth stood motionless at the centre of a small, ordered cosmos. Just over two centuries later, everything had changed. Not only was the sun the centre of creation, but the entire practice of science had been revolutionised. This is the story of that astonishing transformation, told through the words of the astronomers and mathematicians at its heart. Bringing together excerpts from the works and letters of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and others for the first time, The Dawn of Modern Cosmology is the definitive record of one of the great turning points in human history. Edited with Translations, Notes and an Introduction by Aviva Rothman

On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1473. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

"Commentariolus", from Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolaus Copernicus, Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at its center (1473-1543)

Three Copernican Treatises is a collection of three important works by the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who revolutionized our understanding of the solar system. The first work, Commentariolus, is a short summary of Copernicus' heliocentric theory, which proposed that the sun, not the earth, was at the center of the universe. The second work, Letter Against Werner, is a response to the criticisms of the astronomer Andreas Werner, who argued against Copernicus' theory. The third work, Narratio Prima, is a letter from Copernicus' student and assistant, Rheticus, describing his travels to meet Copernicus and learn more about his theories. Together, these three works provide a fascinating glimpse into the development of one of the most important scientific theories in history. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the center, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric model, with the sun at the center. His remarkable work, On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres, stands as one of the greatest intellectual revolutions of all time, and profoundly influenced, among others, Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton.