Preface
1. Planetary Theories Before Copernicus
2. The Life Story of Copernicus
3. The Mobility of the Earth
4. The Copernican System: Theory of the Earth's Motion
5. The Copernican System: Theory of the Moon's Motion
6. The Copernican System: Theory of the Planetary Motions
7. The Establishment of the Copernican Theory
8. The Physical Verification of the Copernican Theory
Epilogue
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

Masterly and authoritative, this book by the foremost scholar on the 16th-century astronomer provides lucid accounts of the development and progress of the Copernican theory as well as a fascinating portrait of the man who clarified the basis for modern cosmology. 41 figures. 6 halftones.