Copernicus and the Aristotelian tradition : education, reading, and philosophy in Copernicus's path to heliocentrism Goddu, André 2010 History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ( Serie ) Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill 9789004183629 Abstract

Drawing on a half century of scholarship, of Polish studies of Copernicus and Cracow University, and of Copernicus's sources, this book offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of Copernicus's achievement, and explains his commitment to the uniform, circular motions of celestial bodies, and his views about hypotheses.