Bøger af Nicolaus Copernicus

In the late fifteenth century, the earth stood motionless at the center of a small, ordered cosmos. Around us, it was believed, the moon, the sun, and the planets revolved in crystalline spheres, their orbits perfect, eternally unchanging circles. Just over a century later, the sun was now the center of creation; the earth just another planet hurtling through empty, near-infinite space. This is the story of an astonishing change, a transformation in human thought, about both the universe and our place within it, told through the words of the astronomers and mathematicians at its heart.

Three Copernican Treatises is a collection of three important works by the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who revolutionized our understanding of the solar system. The first work, Commentariolus, is a short summary of Copernicus' heliocentric theory, which proposed that the sun, not the earth, was at the center of the universe. The second work, Letter Against Werner, is a response to the criticisms of the astronomer Andreas Werner, who argued against Copernicus' theory. The third work, Narratio Prima, is a letter from Copernicus' student and assistant, Rheticus, describing his travels to meet Copernicus and learn more about his theories. Together, these three works provide a fascinating glimpse into the development of one of the most important scientific theories in history.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Seit Copernicus (1473-1543) weiß die Welt, daß die Erde nicht im Zentrum des Universums steht, sondern um die Sonne kreist.Dargelegt hat Copernicus seine Erkenntnis, die auf der Analyse der sorgsam beobachteten Bewegungen am Himmel beruht, in seinem (natürlich in lateinischer Sprache abgefaßten) Hauptwerk "Über die Kreisbewegungen der Himmelskörper", das heute in seiner Gänze - wegen des zeitlichen Abstands - allenfalls für Spezialisten auf dem Gebiet der Erforschung der Geschichte der Astronomie noch lesbar ist. Für den breiteren Leserkreis, der Interesse daran hat, einmal nachzulesen, wie und mit welchen Argumenten Copernicus das (theologisch begründete) alte Weltbild aus den Angeln hob, bietet die vorliegende Ausgabe eine ausführlich kommentierte Auswahl der zentralen Texte, in denen Copernicus seine Entdeckung erklärt und begründet. Gegeben wird das 1. Buch von "Über die Kreisbewegungen der Himmelskörper", in dem Copernicus seine Entdeckung auf den Punkt bringt, vorangestellt sind die kurze Abhandlung "Über die Erklärungsgrundlagen der Bewegungen am Himmel" und der "Brief gegen Werner" - zwei Texte, die für das Verständnis der Genese des von ihm begründeten "Kopernikanischen Weltbilds" von großer Bedeutung sind. Alle Texte werden zweisprachig (lat.dt.) präsentiert und sachkundig erläutert.

Astronomia Instaurata est liber a Nicolao Copernico scriptus, qui sex libros continet. In his libris, de Revolutionibus Orbium Cielestium agitur, qui est opus magnum astronomiae. Copernicus, astronomus Polonicus, in hoc opere novam theoriam de motu planetarum proponit. In ea, Sol est centrum systematis planetarii, non Terra, quae antea credita erat. Haec nova theoria, quam Copernicus proposuit, revolutionem in astronomia induxit et fundamentum posuit ad futuram scientiam astronomiae. Liber Astronomia Instaurata testis est ingenii Copernici et ingentis progressus scientiae.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the centre, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric model, with the sun at the centre.