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De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

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Creators

  • Nicolaus Copernicus, author

Canon Rationale

A core astronomy text, included for heliocentrism, mathematical astronomy, and the early modern transformation of cosmology.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'.
  • museum record: Internet Archive records for De revolutionibus orbium coelestium and translations.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency

Completion unit: read selected sections from the treatise in a specified edition or translation.

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