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Novelties in the Heavens : Rhetoric and Science in the Copernican Controversy
Novelties in the Heavens Rhetoric and Science in the Copernican Controversy
Author: Jean Dietz Moss
In this fascinating work, Jean Dietz Moss shows how the scientific revolution begun by Copernicus brought about another revolution as well--one in which rhetoric, previously used simply to explain scientific thought, became a tool for persuading a skeptical public of the superiority of the Copernican system. — Moss describes the nature of dialect...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226542355
ISBN-10: 0226542351
Publication Date: 3/15/1993
Pages: 368
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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