Introduction
Nicholas Copernicus
De Revolutionibus
John Dee
The Mathematicall Praeface
Robert Recorde
The Castle of Knowledge
Marcellus Palingenius Stellatus
The Zodiake of Life
Thomas Digges
A Perfect Description of the Celestial Orbs
Giordano Bruno
The Ash Wednesday Supper
Galileo Galilei
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
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