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Copernicus' Secret: How the Scientific Revolution BeganNicolaus Copernicus gave the world perhaps the most important scientific insight of the modern age, the theory that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun. He was also the first to proclaim that the earth rotates on its axis once every twenty four hours. His theory was truly radical: during his lifetime nearly everyone believed that a perfectly still earth rested in the middle of the cosmos, where all the heavenly bodies revolved
Nicolaus Copernicus gave the world perhaps the most important scientific insight of the modern age, the theory that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun. He was also the first to proclaim that the earth rotates on its axis once every twenty-four hours. His theory was truly radical: during his lifetime nearly everyone believed that a perfectly still earth rested in the middle of the cosmos, where all the heavenly bodies revolved around it. One of the transcendent geniuses of the early Renaissance, Copernicus was also a flawed and conflicted person. A cleric who lived during the tumultuous years of the early Reformation, he may have been sympathetic to the teachings of the Lutherans. Although he had taken a vow of celibacy, he kept at least one mistress. Supremely confident intellectually, he hesitated to disseminate his work among other scholars. It fact, he kept his astronomical work a secret, revealing it to only a few intimates, and the manuscript containing his revolutionary theory, which he refined for at least twenty years, remained hidden among my things. It is unlikely that Copernicus' masterwork would ever have been published if not for a young mathematics professor named Georg Joachim Rheticus. He had heard of Copernicus' ideas, and with his imagination on fire he journeyed hundreds of miles to a land where, as a Lutheran, he was forbidden to travel. Rheticus' meeting with Copernicus in a small cathedral town in northern Poland proved to be one of the most important encounters in history. Copernicus' Secret recreates the life and world of the scientific genius whose work revolutionized astronomy and altered our understanding of our place in the world. It tells the surprising, little-known story behind the dawn of the scientific age.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 12/01/2008
ISBN: 9780743289528
Pages: 239
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 02/01/2009 pg. 20
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Great for small dog fetch
Style: 14" Length Sport Launcher
We love this for keeping our hands clean and saving our shoulders while playing fetch. Not sure why this size is so incredibly difficult to find (not in any stores in our area). It fits both the small rubber and tennis ball types. We have a 15lb rat terrier, and he loves it.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Ball is very small
Style: 14" Length Sport Launcher
It says it’s for small dogs up to 15LB. My doggie is 15 LB and this is way small. It’s a tiny ball. If your dog is 12LB to 20LB I would get the next size up to small.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Great fun.
Style: 14" Length Sport Launcher
Always fun.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2026
★★★★★ 3
Comes with a fabric covered ball
Style: 14" Length Sport Launcher
Disappointed in this. I have the large size and expected a smaller version of the rubber ball. Instead this came with a ball covered in fabric. The dogs I bought it for won't play with the ball. Maybe it is my fault for not reading more closely but why would Chuck-It even sell something so cheap and poorly made. Dogs can easily rip the fabric off the rubber (which is in two pieces). Very strangely made. Now I have buy a ball to use it.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Launches!!!
Style: 14" Length Sport Launcher
Please note that this launcher is for a smaller sized chuckit - it came as a package deal with an order of small fuzzy chuckits and it works GREAT. Recommend using in dry weather since the water sprays when wet (or just be better at throwing than us!)
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Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2026