The Dawn of Modern Cosmology

The Dawn of Modern CosmologyBy: New to Penguin Classics, the astonishing story of the Copernican Revolution, told through the words of the ground breaking scientists who brought it about A Penguin Classic 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

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decides to pull together a "Company of Gentleman of Fortune" for one last "Adventuring Cruise" that will set them all up for life

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from philosophers to poets to mountaineers

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