![]() ![]() Photo and copyright Nuwanthika Fernando ©, all rights reserved. First edition print of Nicolaus Copernicus’s ‘On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres’. ![]() ![]() Its age is not the only reason why it’s so valuable – this is where he introduced the ‘heliocentric’ model of the solar system, where the Earth is taken out of the centre of the solar system to be replaced with the Sun. The carefully preserved first edition print of Nicolaus Copernicus’ ‘On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres’ is 473 years old and valued at just over US$1 million. Nuwanthika Fernando is an astronomy guide at Sydney Observatory, and studies the dynamics of satellite galaxy planes for her PhD at the University of Sydney.ĭuring a recent conference visit to the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples, Italy, I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a book that created a true paradigm shift in the way we think. ![]()
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