Three Copernican Treatises

ISBN: 9780486436050

出版年: 2004-3

页数: 304

定价: $ 20.28

内容简介

The writings of Copernicus were unavailable in English until the publication of this 1939 translation. A 3-part collection, it consists of the "Commentariolus, " Copernicus' sketch of his hypotheses for the heavenly motions; the "Narratio prima, " a popular introduction to Copernican theory; and the "Letter against Werner, " Copernicus' refutation of the views of a contemporary.