The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought

Kuhn, Thomas; James Bryant Conant [Foreword]

Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1957

About this Item

First edition. Signed by Thomas Kuhn on the front free endpaper, inscribed to his pupil Norman L. Thomas (1925-1997), "For Norman Thomas who ought to correct it. [signed] Thomas Kuhn." Thomas was a professor of philosophy at Bakersfield College; his inkless emboss and personal library number on front free endpaper; his stamp on title page. xx, 297 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with black spine lettering. Very Good+ with rubbing along edges, a few pencil underlines and marginal brackets, presumably by Thomas, in a Near Fine dust jacket. Very rare signed, especially with such a nice association. Kuhn's very first book, chronicling the shift from the Ptolemaic system to the Keplerian. What he learned examining this period would inspire his next and most famous work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, in 1962. Seller Inventory # 140945371

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Copernican Revolution: Planetary ...

Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA

Publication Date: 1957

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First edition.