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For Copernicus, A 'Perfect Heaven' Put Sun At Center

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Dava Sobel, who has written a new book about Copernicus, pages through a first edition copy of the astronomer's 1543 work <em>On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres</em> at Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. (NPR)
Dava Sobel, who has written a new book about Copernicus, pages through a first edition copy of the astronomer's 1543 work On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres at Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. (NPR)

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