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A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos Audiobook
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With the enthralling style that made Longitude and Galileo's Daughter international best-sellers, Dava Sobel paints an unforgettable portrait of the Copernican Revolution. Encouraged by his German protege, Polish cleric Nicolaus Copernicus published his heliocentric model of the universe, tantalizing 16th-century mathematicians and scientists-and triggering a groundswell of opposition.
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"Very readable, easy to get through even with all the details about the cosmos and revolutions of the planets and all that. Made me really like Copernicus. Got a little tired of the writing a few times, the author tried to get a little too poetic, and there's a whole section in the middle where she writes a little play about Copernicus and his apprentice, kind of skipped that part."
— Kristy (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Ms. Sobel is an elegant stylist, a riveting and efficient storyteller, a writer who can bring the dustiest of subjects to full-blooded life — poignant, in the case of Galileo; cautious but also loving, loyal and feisty in the case of Copernicus.”
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“A thoroughly researched and eminently readable account of a major scientist who celebrated the sun yet lurks in the shadows.”
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“A liquid entertainment of choice passages on the thoughts and deeds of Copernicus.”
— Kirkus
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" Makes you feel like you were there at these world shifting moments. "
— Tanya, 2/12/2014 -
" I don't read a lot of nonfiction, but the history of how the world view of the cosmos always has interested me. It's not so much a biography but a telling of how Copernicus developed his theories, his reluctance to publish his findings, the consequences on science, technology and theology,for himself, Kepler and Galileo. Fitting that I finished this book just after we commemorated another trip around the sun. "
— Vickie, 1/16/2014 -
" I admit I enjoyed the book but it was marred by the lack of a focus. At times it was biographical and at other times a history of science or ideas. I would've preferred the latter. The greatest strengths of the book is the manner in which it sets the intellectual context and then later describes the difficulty of changing our view of the universe. "
— H, 1/12/2014 -
" Pg 68 and I gave up. I realized that I had no idea where I was in the story. The story is choppy and I realized that there is a play embedded in the middle, which I did not want to read. "
— Sabrina, 1/1/2014 -
" Very enjoyable and informative--I hadn't realized that Copernicus fretted so much over the reception of his heliocentric cosmology. "
— Sarah, 12/4/2013 -
" This is a very pretty and fun book to read. 20 years ago it was had to dissude rockers who attended the concerts. To have re-undo the middleesge -'m not concerned with. "
— Jason, 11/30/2013 -
" The play in the middle took the wind out of the pacing. Good story, compelling history. "
— Legustafson, 11/26/2013 -
" A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos is an interesting view of one of history's most influential thinkers. A great read with lots of fun new information. "
— Ken, 11/21/2013 -
" Life is too short to stick with this book to the end. Such a disappointment after Galileo's Daughter. "
— Margo, 7/3/2013 -
" Interesting book about how hard the beginning of the Renaissance really was. "
— Tudor, 6/1/2013 -
" Well. I loved Galileo's Daughter and Longitude. Two hits and a miss. "
— Irene, 11/30/2012 -
" Enjoyable. Glad I read it. None the less, not my favorite book by Sobel. Not quite upto the usual standard. "
— A., 10/21/2012 -
" Thought it was well written and did enjoy. The "play" in the middle left me a little nonplussed "
— Michael, 4/23/2012 -
" Entertaining and informative. Another little gem of a book from Dava Sobel. "
— Janet, 4/4/2012 -
" A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos is an interesting view of one of history's most influential thinkers. A great read with lots of fun new information. "
— Ken, 10/17/2011 -
" A very intersting book looking at the life of nicolaus copernicus and his theories and put in a way a layman can understand "
— Stephen, 9/18/2011
About Dava Sobel
Dava Sobel is the author of the award–winning and international bestselling author of several books, including Galileo’s Daughter, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is the recipient of the Individual Public Service Award from the National Science Board, the Bradford Washburn Award, the Kumpke-Roberts Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. A former New York Times science reporter, she is editor of the “Meter” poetry column in Scientific American.
About the Narrators
Andy Paris is an actor and writer. His audio narration have earned him the prestigious Audie Award, as well as AudioFile Earphones Awards. A member of the Tectonic Theater Project, he and others wrote The Laramie Project, which was nominated for an Emmy in 2002 and in which he played Stephen Belber. He has also appeared in Law & Order.
George Guidall, winner of more than eighty AudioFile Earphones Awards, has won three of the prestigious Audie Award for Excellence in Audiobook Narration. In 2014 the Audio Publishers Association presented him with the Special Achievement Award for lifetime achievement/ During his thirty-year recording career he has recorded over 1,700 audiobooks, won multiple awards, been a mentor to many narrators, and shown by example the potential of fine storytelling. His forty-year acting career includes starring roles on Broadway, an Obie Award for best performance off Broadway, and frequent television appearances.
John McDonough, one of AudioFile magazine’s Golden Voices, has narrated dozens of audiobooks, and won eleven Earphones Awards. He is known for his narrations of children’s books, including Robert McCloskey’s Centerburg Tales and Albert Marrin’s Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Outside of his audiobook work, he has starred in a revival of Captain Kangaroo on the Fox Network.
Peter Jay Fernandez is an accomplished audiobook narrator who has won three AudioFile Earphones Awards and an Audie Award in 2009. He has also appeared on television, film, and stage. His appearances include roles in Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and the musical Thunder Knocking on the Door.
Alma Cuervo is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a stage actress and singer who has also performed in film and television. She holds an MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama, from which she graduated in 1976 alongside Meryl Streep. She starred in the role of Madame Morrible in the first national tour of Wicked.
Suzanne Toren, award-winning narrator, has over thirty years of experience in narration. She was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. She has won the American Foundation for the Blind’s Scourby Award for Narrator of the Year, AudioFile magazine named her the 2009 Best Voice in Nonfiction & Culture, and she is the recipient of multiple Earphones Awards. She performs on and off Broadway and in regional theaters and has appeared on Law & Order and in various soap operas.
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