Overview
Today we take for granted that a telescope allows us to see galaxies millions of light years away. But before its invention, people used nothing more than their naked eye to fathom what took place in the visible sky.Ā So how did four men in the 1500'sāof different nationality, age, religion, and classācollaborate to discover that theĀ Earth revolved around the Sun? With this radical discovery that went against the Church, they created our contemporary worldāand with it, the uneasy conditions of modern life.
HeavenĀ onĀ EarthĀ is an intimate examinationĀ of this scientific familyāthat of Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo Galilei. Fauber juxtaposes their scientific work with insight into their personal lives and political considerations, which shaped their pursuit of knowledge. Uniquely, he shows how their intergenerational collaboration was actually what made the scientific revolutionĀ possible.Ā Ā
Ranging from the birth of astronomy and the methods of early scientific research, Fauber reveals the human story that underlies this civilization altering discovery.Ā And, contrary to the competitive nature of research today, collaboration was key to early scientific discovery.Ā Before the rise of university research institutions, deep thinkersĀ only had each other. They created a kind of family, related to each other via intellectual pursuit rather than blood.
These men called each other ābrothers,ā āfathers,ā and āsons,ā and laid the foundations of modern science through familial co-work. And though the sixteenth century was far from the an open society for women, There were female pioneers in this āfamilyā as well, including Brahe's sister Sophie, Keplerās mother, and Galileo's daughter.
Filled with rich characters and sweeping historical scope,Ā Heaven on EarthĀ revealsĀ how the strong connections between these pillars of intellectual history moved science forwardāand how, without them, we might have waited a long time for a heliocentric model of the universe.Ā
This book title, Heaven on Earth (How Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo Discovered the Modern World), ISBN: 9781643132044, by L. S. Fauber, published by Pegasus Books (December 3, 2019) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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