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Title: The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought by Thomas S. Kuhn ISBN: 0-674-17103-9 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1957 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.45 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding Elucidation
Comment: This book, written before his Structures, is condensed, well written and, for me at any rate, highly entertaining. No one with a casual understanding of the history of astronomy can read this and not be surprised. Of special interest is the illumination of the fact that at the time Copernicus offered his Helio-centric cosmology there was no good, scientific reason for accepting it - it being a geometric inversion of the Ptolemaic system and thus inheriting exactly all of the Ptolemaic deficiencies. Kuhn explores the reason for the gradual shift to Copernicanism and the effects a moving earth had on other sciences.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent discussion and detail
Comment: The author gives thorough discussion about what Copernican revolution really is, who were the key players and how each contributed to the overall progress. In addition, it provides many technical details about many systems that affect the revolution in one way or the other. However, I do not think that any necessary astronomical experience is necessary to read the book, but in order to understand the full picture it is necessary to understand the technical details. Overall, the book develops the idea very clearly and gives insights that give a good understanding of how scientific thought developed.
Rating: 5
Summary: A fascinating book
Comment: This book is an excellent and entertaining book for a scientific reader and/or for a general reader who doesn't mind being challenged a bit by logical arguments. Don't let this discourage you, though, since the logical arguments are not too difficult and really need to be discussed for completeness sake. The historical background adds to the book in a way comparable to Carl Sagan's 'COSMOS' series or to 'The Mechanical Universe' series. This book should be required reading for all enlightened westerners. It's THAT good.
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Title: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Kuhn, Thomas S. Kuhn ISBN: 0226458083 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, With an Autobiographical Interview by Thomas S. Kuhn, Jim Conant, John Haugeland, James Conant ISBN: 0226457982 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo: Including the Starry Messenger by Stillman Drake, Galileo ISBN: 0385092393 Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 01 March, 1957 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450 by David C. Lindberg ISBN: 0226482316 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Essential Tension by Kuhn ISBN: 0226458067 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1979 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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