on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres was published in basel in 1854.
on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres was published in basel in 1854.
when was on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres published in basel?
1854
in 1959, in chapter ii of "the sleepwalkers", titled "the system of copernicus", arthur koestler wrote that: "the book that nobody read – the "revolutions of the heavenly spheres" – was and is an all-time worst-seller." after reading in the royal observatory in edinburgh a thoroughly annotated copy previously owned by erasmus reinhold, a prominent sixteenth-century german astronomer who worked in university of wittenberg shortly after copernicus' death, gingerich was inspired to check koestler's claim and to research who had owned and studied the book's first two editions, published in 1543 and 1566 in nuremberg and basel respectively. he discovered, from marginal annotations, that the book was widely read after all. gingerich also documented where and how the book was censored. due largely to gingerich’s work, "de revolutionibus" has been researched and catalogued better than any other first-edition historical text except for the original gutenberg bible. his three-decade-long personal survey of copernicus’ great book "de revolutionibus" was recounted in "the book nobody read," published in 2004 by walker & co. these copernican researches earned him the polish government’s order of merit in 1981. his most recent books, "god's universe" (harvard, 2006) and "god's planet" (harvard, 2014), deal with the intersection of science and religion.
owen gingerich
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heavenly spheres (l'harmonie des sphères) is an a cappella choral album by the studio de musique ancienne de montréal under the direction of christopher jackson. recorded in 1998, it features songs from the late 15th to early 16th century. it was awarded a félix award from the adisq and was nominated for the juno award for classical album of the year – vocal or choral performance in 2000.









































the album includes performances of compositions by nicolas gombert, roland de lassus, giovanni pierluigi da palestrina, josquin des prez, and others.









































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heavenly spheres