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050	0	0	_aQB351 _b.T56 2019
082	0	0	_a521 _223
100	1		_aTimberlake, Todd Keene, _d1973- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFinding our place in the solar system : _bthe scientific story of the Copernican revolution / _cTodd Timberlake, Paul Wallace.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2019.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 378 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Mar 2019).
520			_aFinding our Place in the Solar System gives a detailed account of how the Earth was displaced from its traditional position at the center of the universe to be recognized as one of several planets orbiting the Sun under the influence of a universal gravitational force. The transition from the ancient geocentric worldview to a modern understanding of planetary motion, often called the Copernican Revolution, is one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind. This book provides a deep yet accessible explanation of the scientific disputes over our place in the solar system and the work of the great scientists who helped settle them. Readers will come away knowing not just that the Earth orbits the Sun, but why we believe that it does so. The Copernican Revolution also provides an excellent case study of what science is and how it works.
650		0	_aCelestial mechanics _xStudy and teaching (Higher)
650		0	_aAstronomy _xStudy and teaching (Higher)
650		0	_aPlanetary theory _xStudy and teaching (Higher)
700	1		_aWallace, Paul, _d1968- _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107182295
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781316856208/type/BOOK
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