The Dawn of Modern Cosmology: From Copernicus to Newton

by Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, 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 about

A Penguin Classic

In the late fifteenth century, the earth stood motionless at the center of a small, ordered cosmos. Around us, it was believed, the moon, the sun, and the planets revolved in crystalline spheres, their orbits perfect, eternally unchanging circles. Just over...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0241360633
• ISBN13: 9780241360637
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"