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CONTROL NUMBER |
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17425142 |
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20151004164742.0 |
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
120810s2013 enka b 001 0 eng |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2012031274 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780199754793 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
Transcribing agency |
DLC |
Modifying agency |
DLC |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
BM538.A76 |
Item number |
B76 2013 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
296.375 |
Edition number |
23 |
Item number |
B8121 |
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Brown, Jeremy, |
Dates associated with a name |
1964- |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
New heavens and a new earth : |
Remainder of title |
the Jewish reception of Copernican thought |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Jeremy Brown. |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Oxford ; |
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New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Oxford University Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2013. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xviii, 394 p., [2] pages of plates : |
Other physical details |
ill (some col.) ; |
Dimensions |
24 cm. |
TRADE PRICE |
Price note |
78 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-384) and index. |
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Chapt. 1. Nicolas Copernicus and his revolution -- Chapt. 2. The Talmudic view of the universe -- Chapt. 3. David Gans and the first mention of Copernicus in Hebrew literature -- Chapt. 4. The first Jewish Copernican: Rabbi Joseph Solomon Delmedigo -- Chapt. 5. Copernicus is the son of Satan: the first Jewish rejections of Copernicus -- Chapt. 6. David Nieto and Copernicanism in London -- Chapt. 7. The Jewish encyclopedias -- Chapt. 8. The eighteenth century: Jews and Copernicus in the Newtonian era -- Chapt. 10. The nineteenth century: Copernicus without hesitation -- Chapt. 11. Let Copernicus and a thousand like him be removed from the world: Reuven Landau's rejection -- Chapt. 12. The modern period -- Chapt. 13. Relativity and contemporary Jewish geocentrists -- Chapt. 14. Conclusions. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Copernicus, Nicolaus, |
Dates associated with a name |
1473-1543. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Subject |
Judaism and science. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Subject |
Astronomy |
General subdivision |
Religious aspects |
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Judaism |
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History. |
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7 |
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20 |
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COPY-LEVEL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
Book number/undivided call number, CCAL (RLIN) |
cd06 2012-08-10 |
Copy status, CST (RLIN) |
cd06 2012-08-10 telework, email to publisher regarding the author ; |
Classification number, CCAL (RLIN) |
cd06 2012-08-13 to Policy Office for cutter proposal |
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td14 2012-08-24 to Dewey |
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xn09 2013-06-20 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. |