Abstract

This video from the Royal Astronomical Society presents a first edition of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus’ seminal work on the heliocentric theory, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, originally written in Latin and printed in Nuremberg in 1543.

Nicolaus Copernicus, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (1543)

Source

Source: Treasures of the RAS: Copernicus puts the Sun at the centre of the Solar System, Royal Astronomical Society, March 6, 2014.

RAS

Recommended Citation

Nicolaus Copernicus, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (1543), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:video-5146> [March 28, 2025].