New York: A first edition of the book in which Nicolaus Copernicus presented his earth-shaking theory of the cosmos has fetched more than $2.2 million at an auction. The 1543 copy of ‘De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres)’ was among more than 300 books offered at Christie’s. – AP
Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, June 19, 2008.
Grateful thanks to AP and The Hindu.
For a detailed biography of Nicolaus Copernicus from Wikipedia, click:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus
For complete text (English translation) of the book referred to above, click:
http://www.bj.uj.edu.pl/bjmanus/revol/titlpg_e.html.
Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, June 19, 2008.
Grateful thanks to AP and The Hindu.
For a detailed biography of Nicolaus Copernicus from Wikipedia, click:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus
For complete text (English translation) of the book referred to above, click:
http://www.bj.uj.edu.pl/bjmanus/revol/titlpg_e.html.
Grateful thanks to Wikipedia.
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