About this title: In this study of the Copernican Revolution, the author brings to a common focus the considered approach of the historian, the technical understanding of the scientist and the skill and experience of an able teacher.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780674171039ISBN:0674171039
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Please remember: This item is in used condition. Good: Copy has been read, but remains in good condition. Normal shelf wear on edges and corners. Binding is tight. Very usable. read more
Description: Fair. 0674171039 Condition: ACCEPTABLE. (Book has a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, heavy cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in rough shape and should only be purchased as a reading copy. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of ... read more
Edition: Reprint. 1959 reprint
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1957
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. xviii, 297 p. : charts, diagrs.; 25 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Charts. B-8. Bibliography: p. [279]-281. "Bibliographical notes": p. [283]-291. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780674171039ISBN:0674171039
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, some highlighting. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780674171039ISBN:0674171039
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, some highlighting. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1992-01-01
ISBN-13:9780674171039ISBN:0674171039
Description: Good. Paperback. Text unmarked. Early printing with different cover art. Back cover creased; general edge wear. Corners have some wear but are still fairly crisp. Light stains upper page ends. A good "good" copy. read more
Edition: Eighteenth Printing
Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 1957
ISBN-13:9780674171039ISBN:0674171039
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. "In this study of the Copernican Revolution, {the author} brings to a common focus the considered approach of the historian, the technical understanding of the scientist and the skill and experience of an able teacher. No careful reader of this well-wrought volume can fail to appreciate the nicely balanced interplay of these elements in the full explication of one of the major turning points in the evolution of scientific thought...." This book has 297 pages and is ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Date Published: 1957-06-01
ISBN-13:9780674171039ISBN:0674171039
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780674171039ISBN:0674171039
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"Read this years ago and neglected to add it until now. Slipped my mind I guess. The Copernican Revolution is fascinating. The type of big change that begs the question of what kinds of big changes will crop of in the future. This line of inquiry gets the wheels spinning in interesting and exciting ways."
"As is always the case with Kuhn and the Cold War era Historians/Philosophers of science (Popper, Lakatos, etc.), the insight is incredibly expansive and useful, but as exhausting as it is exhaustive. Even though Kuhn is one of the most approachable writers of the period (especially as an academic philosopher), and paints an enthralling picture of a historic development whose myth often leaves out much of the context, the material is an acquired taste -- and one I didn't quite learn to stomach.
That said, for anyone who is interested in or studying the history of western science -- especially astronomy -- Kuhn's Copernican Revolution is a great introduction for any of us who appropriately fall into the category of scientific laymen."
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