Recentering the universe : the radical theories of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton /
Miller, Ron, 1947-
Recentering the universe : the radical theories of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton / Ron Miller. - Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2014. - 88 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A world of Greek ideas -- The copper merchant's son -- The reluctant astrologer -- Astronomy on trial -- The lonely giant -- The new universe -- The idea that wouldn't die.
"This title shows how a group of European scientists, in the span of roughly one hundred and fifty years (early 1500s to the mid-1600s) and working through direct observation, overturned the centuries' old accepted view of a geocentric universe. Through their research and writings, they proposed and described a new order of things in which the Earth orbits the Sun. In so doing, these scientists--Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton--challenged the accepted wisdom of the ages, specifically that of the Catholic Church. Galileo was accordingly tried and condemned to house arrest in 1633; the works of many others were banned. Not until the late 1900s did the Church revisit the Galileo case, ultimately concluding that it had made a mistake in suggesting that humans must accept biblical cosmology in literal terms. The book also includes a fascinating chapter exploring sects such as the 19th-century Muggletonians, the 20th-century Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion, and the 21st-century Association of Biblical Astronomy, all of which insist(ed) on variations of a geocentric cosmology."--Provided by publisher.
0761358854 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 9780761358855 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1359479 QBI
2012047665
Astronomy--History.
Astronomy--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
Recentering the universe : the radical theories of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton / Ron Miller. - Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2014. - 88 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A world of Greek ideas -- The copper merchant's son -- The reluctant astrologer -- Astronomy on trial -- The lonely giant -- The new universe -- The idea that wouldn't die.
"This title shows how a group of European scientists, in the span of roughly one hundred and fifty years (early 1500s to the mid-1600s) and working through direct observation, overturned the centuries' old accepted view of a geocentric universe. Through their research and writings, they proposed and described a new order of things in which the Earth orbits the Sun. In so doing, these scientists--Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton--challenged the accepted wisdom of the ages, specifically that of the Catholic Church. Galileo was accordingly tried and condemned to house arrest in 1633; the works of many others were banned. Not until the late 1900s did the Church revisit the Galileo case, ultimately concluding that it had made a mistake in suggesting that humans must accept biblical cosmology in literal terms. The book also includes a fascinating chapter exploring sects such as the 19th-century Muggletonians, the 20th-century Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion, and the 21st-century Association of Biblical Astronomy, all of which insist(ed) on variations of a geocentric cosmology."--Provided by publisher.
0761358854 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 9780761358855 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1359479 QBI
2012047665
Astronomy--History.
Astronomy--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.