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LEADER: 01756cam 2200373 a 4500
001 ocm22528923
003 OCoLC
005 20220720132827.0
008 901017s1990 nyua b 001 0 eng d
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035 $a(OCoLC)22528923
050 4 $aQB36.C8$bA75 1990
082 04 $a520.924
100 1 $aArmitage, A.$q(Angus),$d1902-1976.
245 10 $aCopernicus, the founder of modern astronomy /$cby Angus Armitage.
260 $aNew York :$bDorset Press,$c1990.
300 $a236 pages :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published in 1938.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index.
520 $aThe sixteenth-century astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, overthrew the age-old belief that the earth was fixed at the centre of the universe, thus establishing the general plan of the solar system which is accepted to this day. This is an account of the astronomer and his heliocentric planetary theory, providing historical background of the science of astronomy as well as a lucid picture of the life of the man who was to influence it so greatly.
600 10 $aCopernicus, Nicolaus,$d1473-1543.
650 0 $aAstronomy$xHistory.
650 6 $aAstronomie$xHistoire.
600 17 $aCopernicus, Nicolaus,$d1473-1543$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00033633
650 7 $aAstronomy.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00819673
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
029 1 $aAU@$b000051963854
994 $aZ0$bIME
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN IME - 115 OTHER HOLDINGS