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Part biography of a book, part scientific exploration, part bibliographic detective story, The Book Nobody Read recolors the history of cosmology and offers a new appreciation of the enduring power of an extraordinary book and its ideas. Prodded by Arthur Koestler’s claim that when it... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Johannes Kepler: Add a description of this character.
- Georg Joachim Rheticus
- Paul Wittich
- Erasmus Reinhold
- Michael Maestlin
- Miriam
- Christie
- Andreas Osiander
- Edward Rosen
- Charles Eames
- Weil
- Jerzy Dobrzycki
- Schreiber
- Westman
- Howell
- Blair
- John Craig
- Luther
- Calvin
- Ptolemy
- Schoner
- Cardano
- Christina
- Herrera
- Graham
- Snell
- Struve
- John Dee
- Halle
- White
- Rick Watson
- Thomas Digges
- O'connell
- Peter Apian
- Melanchthon
- Owen Gingerich
- Christopher Clavius
- Ottoboniana
- Umiastowski
Setting & Locations edit
- Wittenberg
- Paris
- Cambridge
- Poland
- London
- Vatican Library
- Leipzig
- Germany
- Prague
- Edinburgh
- Rome
- Cracow
- Europe
- Wroclaw
- England
- Italy
- Nuremberg
- Mars
- Warsaw
- Padua
- Basel
- Usa
- California
- Schaffhausen
- Tubingen
- United States
- Frauenburg
- Uraniborg
- New York
- Moon
- Scotland
- Uppsala
- St. Petersburg
- Washington
- Munich
- Moscow
- Jupiter
- Leningrad
- Florence
- America
- China
- Chicago
- Sweden
- France
- Venice
- Russia
- Norwalk
- Oxford
- Macclesfield
First Sentence edit
"DO YOU AFFIRM to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"
Table of Contents edit
Preface
Chapter 1. A Day in Court
Chapter 2. The Chase Begins
Chapter 3. In the Steps of Copernicus
Chapter 4. The Lenten Pretzel and the Epicycles Myth
Chapter 5. "Embellished by a Distinguished Man"
Chapter 6. The Moment of Truth
Chapter 7. The Wittich Connection
Chapter 8. Bigger Books Linger Longer
Chapter 9. Forbidden Games
Chapter 10. The Hub of the Universe
Chapter 11. The Invisible College
Chapter 12. Planetary Influences
Chapter 13. Sophisticated Ladies
Chapter 14. The Iron Curtain: Before and After
Chapter 15. Putting the Census to Bed
Epilogue
Appendix 1. From Equant to Epicyclet
Appendix 2. Locations from De revolutionibus
Bibliographical Notes
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Owen Gingerich (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Walker & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0802714153
Page Count: 306
Publisher: Walker & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0802714153
Page Count: 306
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: QB41 .G38 2004
- Dewey: 509
Subjects edit
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