The bestselling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter tells the story of Nicolaus Copernicus and the revolution in astronomy that changed the world.
Dava Sobel is the acclaimed author of the bestselling titles Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, The Illustrated Longitude, and The Planets. She lives in East Hampton, New York.
A refreshingly fast-paced account of the life of Nicolaus
Copernicus. A More Perfect Heaven does a good job of giving the
flavor of life in Reformation-era Europe...an excellent book
*Economist*
Lively, inventive ... a masterly specimen of close-range cultural
history. Ms. Sobel certainly brings Copernicus to life, perhaps
better than any other author. Ms. Sobel presents a thoroughly
researched and eminently readable account of a major scientist who
celebrated the sun yet lurks in the shadows
*Wall Street Journal*
All the page turning lucidity and brio you would hope for from the
creator of Longitude
*Boyd Tonkin, Independent*
Fantastic ... A masterly telling of how Copernicus revolutionised
science
*The Times*
Sobel is an elegant stylist, a riveting and efficient storyteller,
a writer who can bring the dustiest of subjects to full-blooded
life
*New York Times*
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