A More Perfect Heaven by Dava Sobel
The bestselling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter tells the story of Nicolaus Copernicus and the revolution in astronomy that changed the world.
A refreshingly fast-paced account of the life of Nicolaus CopernicusA More Perfect Heaven does a good job of giving the flavor of life in Reformation-era Europe...an excellent book * Economist *
Lively, inventive ... a masterly specimen of close-range cultural history. Ms. Sobel certainly brings Copernicus to life, perhaps better than any other author. Ms. Sobel presents a thoroughly researched and eminently readable account of a major scientist who celebrated the sun yet lurks in the shadows * Wall Street Journal *
All the page turning lucidity and brio you would hope for from the creator of Longitude * Boyd Tonkin, Independent *
Fantastic ... A masterly telling of how Copernicus revolutionised science * The Times *
Sobel is an elegant stylist, a riveting and efficient storyteller, a writer who can bring the dustiest of subjects to full-blooded life * New York Times *
Lively, inventive ... a masterly specimen of close-range cultural history. Ms. Sobel certainly brings Copernicus to life, perhaps better than any other author. Ms. Sobel presents a thoroughly researched and eminently readable account of a major scientist who celebrated the sun yet lurks in the shadows * Wall Street Journal *
All the page turning lucidity and brio you would hope for from the creator of Longitude * Boyd Tonkin, Independent *
Fantastic ... A masterly telling of how Copernicus revolutionised science * The Times *
Sobel is an elegant stylist, a riveting and efficient storyteller, a writer who can bring the dustiest of subjects to full-blooded life * New York Times *
Dava Sobel is the acclaimed author of the bestselling titles Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, The Illustrated Longitude, and The Planets. She lives in East Hampton, New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408822388 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408822385 |
| Title | A More Perfect Heaven |
| Author | Dava Sobel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2012-10-11 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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