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Copernicus and Tycho

In which the author, exploring who read Copernicus' book at the time of its appearance, discovers Tycho's personal copy of it. Tycho's notes show how he evolved his non-Copernican model of the solar system

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 229 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “Copernicus and Tycho” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 229 No. 6 (), p. 86
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1273-86