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“THE mightiest human in a thousand years was a Polish astronomer. Being fond of order, he began the fiercest revolution-that of science. Although he wrote about the moon and the stars, no man has dealt mankind and its false pride a heavier blow”.
Copernicus and his World
By Hermann Kesten. Translated by E. B. Ashton and Norbert Guterman. Pp. ix + 408. (London: Martin Seeker and Warburg, Ltd., 1945.) 21s. net.
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JONES, H. Copernicus and his World. Nature 157, 143–144 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157143a0
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