A More Perfect Heaven

From Barnes & NobleLet bestselling author Dava Sobel (Longitude; Galileo's Daughter) herself tells the story: "As a young man, Copernicus rearranged the cosmos to put the Sun, rather than the Earth, at its hub. Then he concealed the theory for thirty years, fearful of ridicule from his mathematician peers. But when his unexpected guest arrived, eager to learn the novel planetary order from its source, the aging Copernicus agreed to end his silence. The youth stayed on for two years, helped his mentor prepare the long neglected manuscript for publication, and then hand-carried it several hundred miles to the printer."





Mike BrownDava Sobel describes [Copernicus's] life and his legacy in her enjoyable A More Perfect Heaven…a delightful immersion into tumultuous times
—The Washington Post


Sam KeanMinus Rheticus, Copernicus could have become another Pierre de Fermat or Pythagoras—someone who teased us with whiffs of big ideas, but died leaving more questions than answers about what he actually understood.