On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres -- Nicolaus Copernicus, Paperback Ellen McLain Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

When the new baronet--his old lover--agrees to testify against Joss's sister

and bassist Jymie Merritt

Only one can win the Sun King's heart

Track: 14 - Rusty

On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres -- Nicolaus Copernicus, Paperback Ellen McLain Gore VidalThe 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