The Resource Heaven on Earth : how Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo discovered the modern world, L. S. Fauber
Heaven on Earth : how Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo discovered the modern world, L. S. Fauber
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- Summary
- A vivid narrative that connects the lives of four great astronomers as they discovered, refined, and popularized the first major scientific discovery of the modern era: that the Earth moves around the Sun
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Pegasus books cloth edition.
- Extent
- xii, 332 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781643132044
- Label
- Heaven on Earth : how Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo discovered the modern world
- Title
- Heaven on Earth
- Title remainder
- how Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo discovered the modern world
- Statement of responsibility
- L. S. Fauber
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A vivid narrative that connects the lives of four great astronomers as they discovered, refined, and popularized the first major scientific discovery of the modern era: that the Earth moves around the Sun
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fauber, L. S
- Dewey number
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- 520.92
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QB35
- LC item number
- .F38 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Copernicus, Nicolaus
- Brahe, Tycho
- Kepler, Johannes
- Galilei, Galileo
- Astronomers
- Astronomy
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Heaven on Earth : how Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo discovered the modern world, L. S. Fauber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-326) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus books cloth edition.
- Extent
- xii, 332 pages
- Isbn
- 9781643132044
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1127908021
- 2166006
- Label
- Heaven on Earth : how Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo discovered the modern world, L. S. Fauber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-326) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus books cloth edition.
- Extent
- xii, 332 pages
- Isbn
- 9781643132044
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1127908021
- 2166006
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