Astronomy - Early works to 1800
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Phenomena: Doppelmayr’s Celestial Atlas
$65.00 Add to cartLavishly illustrated volume revealing the intricacies of a 1742 map of the cosmos.
The expansive and intricate Atlas Coelestis, created by Johann Doppelmayr in 1742, set out to record everything know- Author: Sparrow, Giles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 14 2022
- ISBN10: 022682411X
- Language: English
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Epitome of Copernican Astronomy and Harmonies of the World
$14.99 Add to cartThe brilliant German mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), one of the founders of modern astronomy, revolutionized the Copernican heliocentric theory of the universe with his three laws of motion… [more below]
- Series: Great Minds
- Author: Kepler, Johannes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: November 01 1995
- ISBN10: 1573920363
- Language: English
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On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
$15.99 Add to cartThe 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 heaven… [more below]
- Series: Great Minds
- Author: Copernicus, Nicolaus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 01 1995
- ISBN10: 1573920355
- Language: English
