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The Copernican Revolution is a 1957 book by the philosopher Thomas Kuhn, in which the author provides an analysis of the Copernican Revolution, documenting the pre-Ptolemaic understanding through the Ptolemaic system and its variants until the eventual acceptance of the Keplerian system.
- Thomas S Kuhn
- United States
- 1957
- English
Jan 1, 1992 · With a final analysis of Copernicus' life work--its reception and its contribution to a new scientific concept of the universe--Mr. Kuhn illuminates both the researches that finally made the heliocentric arrangement work, and the achievements in physics and metaphysics that made the planetary earth an integral part of Newtonian science.
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- Thomas S Kuhn
- $33
- Harvard University Press
Jan 30, 2019 · The Copernican revolution; planetary astronomy in the development of Western thought. -- : Kuhn, Thomas S : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. The Copernican revolution; planetary astronomy in the development of Western thought. --.
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With a constant keen awareness of the inseparable mixture of its technical, philosophical, and humanistic elements, Thomas S. Kuhn displays the full scope of the Copernican Revolution as simultaneously an episode in the internal development of astronomy, a critical turning point in the evolution of scientific thought, and a crisis in Western ...
The Copernican Revolution. : Thomas S. Kuhn. Harvard University Press, 1957 - History - 297 pages. For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican...
Jan 1, 1997 · The Copernican Revolution. Hardcover – January 1, 1997. by Thomas S. Kuhn (Author) 4.6 71 ratings. See all formats and editions. Book by Kuhn, Thomas S. Print length. 297 pages.
- Thomas S. Kuhn
The Copernican Revolution was the paradigm shift from the Ptolemaic model of the heavens, which described the cosmos as having Earth stationary at the center of the universe, to the heliocentric model with the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
