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Library: The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
| Title: | The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought |
| Categories: | History |
| BookID: | 140 |
| Authors: | Thomas S. Kuhn |
| ISBN-10(13): | 674171039 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Number of pages: | 297 |
| Language: | English |
| Price: | 0.00 |
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THIS BOOK IS LOCATED IN THE HALIFAX CENTRE ARCHIVE CABINET and may be borrowed by submitting a "Borrow Request". The Copernican Revolution is a 1957 book by the philosopher Thomas Kuhn, in which the author provides an analysis of the Copernican Revolution, documenting the pre-Ptolemaic understanding through the Ptolemaic systemand its variants until the eventual acceptance of the Keplerian system.[1] Kuhn argues that the Ptolemaic system provided broader appeal than a simple astronomical system but also became intertwined in broader philosophical and theological beliefs. Kuhn argues that this broader appeal made it more difficult for other systems to be proposed. |
