Download or read book Uncentering the Earth written by William T. Vollmann and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2007 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the astronomer's pivotal sixteenth-century work traces how his challenge to beliefs about an Earth-centric solar system had a profound influence on the ways in which humanity understands itself and the universe.