preface to Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
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Statements (15)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
textual work
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
Letter to the Reader
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| gptkbp:controversy |
authorship was not originally disclosed
downplayed the reality of heliocentrism |
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
influenced reception of Copernican theory
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
preface to Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
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| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Latin
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| gptkbp:publicationYear |
1543
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| gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to present Copernicus's theory as a mathematical hypothesis
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:astronomy
heliocentrism |
| gptkbp:writtenBy |
gptkb:Andreas_Osiander
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Andreas_Osiander
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6
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