This title shows how a group of European scientists, in the span of roughly one hundred and fifty years (early 1500s to the mid-1600s), and working through direct observation, overturned the centuries-old accepted view of a geocentric universe.
Content Note
A world of Greek ideas -- The copper merchant's son -- Gathering storm -- The reluctant astrologer -- Astronomy on trial -- The lonely giant -- The new universe -- The idea that wouldn't die.