{"product_id":"2940012917539","title":"The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican Theory of the Universe","description":"Illustrated\u003cbr\u003eLinked Table of Contents, Index, and footnotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003ePart I. An Historical Sketch of the Heliocentric Theory of the Universe.\u003cbr\u003eChapter I. The Development of Astronomical Thought to 1400: Preliminary Review \u003cbr\u003eChapter II. Copernicus and his Times \u003cbr\u003eChapter III. Later Development and Scientific Defense of the Copernican Theory \u003cbr\u003ePart II. The Reception of the Copernican Theory.\u003cbr\u003eChapter I. Opinions and Arguments in the Sixteenth Century \u003cbr\u003eChapter II. Bruno and Galileo \u003cbr\u003eChapter III. The Opposition and their Arguments \u003cbr\u003eChapter IV. The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican Theory \u003cbr\u003eChapter V. The Church and the New Astronomy: Conclusion \u003cbr\u003eAppendices: Translations by the writer.\u003cbr\u003eA. Ptolemy: Almagest. Bk. I, chap. 7: That the earth has no movement of rotation \u003cbr\u003eB. Copernicus: De Revolutionibus, Dedication to the Pope \u003cbr\u003eC. Bodin: Universæ Naturæ Theatrum, Bk. V, sections 1 and 2 in part, and section 10 entire \u003cbr\u003eD. Fienus: Epistolica Quæstio: Is it true that the heavens are moved and the earth is at rest? \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eFootnotes","brand":"PastIsProlog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147491950832,"sku":"2940012917539","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012917539_p0.jpg?v=1763574520","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012917539","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}