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Newly revised edition of Professor Crowe's accessible, enlightening book re-creates the change from an earth-centered to a sun-centered conception of the solar system. The work is organized around a hypothetical debate: Given the evidence available in 1615, which system (Ptolemaic, Copernican, Tychonic, etc.) was most deserving of support?Crowe, Michael J. is the author of 'Theories of the World from Antiquity to the Copernican Revolution', published 2001 under ISBN 9780486414447 and ISBN 0486414442.
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