Copernicus: Founder of Modern Astronomy
- ISBN-10
- 1442037776
- ISBN-13
- 9781442037779
- Series
- Copernicus
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-07-10
- Publisher
- Paw Prints
- Author
- Catherine M. Andronik
Description
Discusses the life and career of the sixteenth-century Polish astronomer who was the first man to assert, in print, the theory that the Earth moves around the sun.
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