A More Perfect Heaven, Dava Sobel
A More Perfect Heaven, Dava Sobel
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A More Perfect Heaven
How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos

Author: Dava Sobel

Narrator: Suzanne Toren, George Guidall, John McDonough, Alma Cuervo, Michael Sullivan, Andy Paris, Peter Jay Fernandez

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/27/2011

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

With the enthralling style that made Longitude and Galileo's Daughter international best-sellers, Dava Sobel paints an unforgettable portrait of the Copernican Revolution. Encouraged by his German protege, Polish cleric Nicolaus Copernicus published his heliocentric model of the universe, tantalizing 16th-century mathematicians and scientists-and triggering a groundswell of opposition.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Annette on September 19, 2022

The first part of the biography might be difficult to follow if you’re not familiar with Copernicus’ life. It felt like there was a lot of jumping, and my first thought was if I weren’t familiar with his biography, I’d probably had a hard time following it. The second part is composed of two Acts of......more

Goodreads review by Clif on March 27, 2013

This is the story of Nicolaus Copernicus and how his book, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres) revolutionized astronomy. There are two facts about Copernicus that I found astounding. First, astronomy was his hobby not his occupation. Second, his book was......more

Goodreads review by Wayne on October 10, 2014

Dava Sobel spoke at the Sydney Writers' Festival last week about her latest wonderful book. She and the interviewer also performed two excerpts from her play of the conversation between Copernicus the Polish Catholic Astronomer cleric and Rheticus the young German Lutheran Mathematician who had visited......more

Goodreads review by Emily on December 27, 2011

As with her previous two books Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel draws heavily on primary sources for her latest book, A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos. With lengthy quotes from personal letters and contemporary records, Sobel paints a picture in words of th......more

Goodreads review by Ahmed on December 23, 2019

How long I have set aside the Copernican Revolution, only to read it now, renewing my vows with Astronomy. It brings great delight and happiness to my heart reading about the man who is most probably the most important and influencing to my most beloved subject. Copernicus did not only revolutionize......more