Tenkyu Kaiten Ron Zuke Rete Ikusu "Daichi Kaisetsu" (Kodansha Gakujutsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Copernicus ( 1473-1543 ) overturned the 1400-year tradition of astronomy with his theory of geocentric motion. The "scientific revolution" that led to Galileo and Newton began quietly, without even Copernicus being aware of its consequences. This volume contains the first of the six volumes of "The Theory of the Rotation of the Heavens," which describes the motion of the earth, and the first Japanese translation of the "First Commentary" by Copernicus' disciple Leticus, who first made Copernicus' theory known to the world.

地動説によって、一四〇〇年続く天文学の伝統を覆したコペルニクス(一四七三‐一五四三年)。ガリレオ、ニュートンに至る「科学革命」は、本人さえその帰趨を自覚しないまま、静かに始まった。『天球回転論』全六巻のうち、地球の運動について記した第一巻と、コペルニクスの説を初めて世に知らしめた弟子レティクスの『第一解説』の本邦初訳を収録。