Jack Repcheck: 2 books
Copernicus' Secret
How the Scientific Revolution Began
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2007
Nicolaus Copernicus gave the world perhaps the most important scientific insight of the modern age, the theory that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun. He was also the first to proclaim that the earth rotates on its axis once every twenty-four hours. His theory was truly radical:...
The Man Who Found Time
James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
There are three men whose life's work helped free science from the strait-jacket of religion. Two of the three-Nicolaus Copernicus and Charles Darwin-are widely heralded for their breakthroughs. The third, James Hutton, is comparatively unknown, yet he profoundly changed our understanding of the earth,...