Though much of the story in Dava Sobel’s “A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos” (Walker & Co.: 274 pp., $25) is set up as you might find in any history book, the heart of ...

A first edition of Nicolaus Copernicus' groundbreaking work, in which the Polish astronomer proposed that the Earth revolved around the sun and not vice versa, will be going up for sale next month. It ...

A first edition of the Nicolaus Copernicus book that puts forth the theory that the sun - not the earth - is at the center of the universe has fetched more than $2.2 million at an auction, nearly ...

Few individuals have done as much to overturn people’s established view of The Way Things Are as Niklas Koppernigk, known to history by the Latinized version of his name, Nicolaus Copernicus. While he ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Nearly a half-millennium ago, Polish astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus published his De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, forever changing our view of the universe and our place within ...

A first edition of the Nicolaus Copernicus book that puts forth the theory that the sun — not the earth — is at the center of the universe has fetched more than $2.2 million at an auction, nearly ...

It seems like an odd question at first. Of course he didn't. No one invented the Solar System-unless you're going to suggest God in some fundamental sense. And for decades after Copernicus, most ...

The rare manuscript is believed to be one of only 277 known copies of Copernicus' book worldwide. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.