Recentering the Universe: The Radical Theories of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton
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In the sixth century B.C.E., the Greek philosopher Anaximander theorized that Earth was at the center of the cosmos. That idea became ingrained in scientific thinking and Christian religious beliefs for more than one thousand years. Defiance of church doctrine could mean death, so no one dared dispute this long-accepted idea. No one except a handful of courageous scientists. In the 1500s and 1600s, men like Nicolaus Copernicus, Johanned Kepler, Galileo...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0761358854
ISBN13:9780761358855
Release Date:August 2013
Publisher:Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
Length:88 Pages
Weight:0.94 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 7.6" x 9.4"
Age Range:11 to 18 years
Grade Range:Grade 6 to Postsecondary
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