Summary
A wonderfully engaging story of obsession and the love of books, in the tradition of Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief.
1543 saw the publication of one of the most significant scientific works ever written— De revolutionibus (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), in which Nicolaus Copernicus presented a radically different structure of the cosmos by placing the sun, and not the earth, at the centre of the universe.
But did anyone take notice? Harvard ast…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784757601 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784757608 |
| Author: | Owen Gingerich |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
‘Owen Gingerich knows how to judge a book - by its readers.In this exuberant tale he encounters bookworms and book thieves, book lovers, dealers, and collectors, book restorers and forgers, librarians, auctioneers, even FBI and Interpol agents A detective story, a Renaissance flashback, an exposé, a true confession, an altogether engrossing, edifying romp’ – Dava Sobel
‘A fascinating story of a scholar as sleuth. His enthusiasm for what might be judged a rather fine point of history is infectious. His book deserves to be read not only by historians and bibliophiles, but by anyone with a taste for arcane detective adventures and a curiosity about the motivations of scholarly perseverance… As in most good adventure stories, the rewards are in the pursuit itself.’ * New York Times *
‘Only one of many illuminations, major and minor, in his book… A driven, fascinating book, and a rarity - a history of science by someone who actually knows about science.’ – John Carey * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Owen Gingerich
Owen Gingerich is Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachussetts.
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