Item 13C
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
1543
First Edition
In 1543, this book presented a new approach to knowledge—and nothing was the same after it appeared. Copernicus was the first to propose a heliocentric theory of the cosmos, which describes the sun standing still and the earth revolving around it. In doing so, he set in motion one of the greatest ever shifts in the history of human thought.
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Andreas Vesalius Fabrica
Another great work of scientific discovery?
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Another kind of circulation—inside the body
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