{"product_id":"the-book-nobody-read","title":"The Book Nobody Read","description":"\u003cp\u003e1543 saw the publication of one of the most significant scientific works ever written: \"De revolutionibus (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres)\"  in which Nicolaus Copernicus presented a radically different structure of the cosmos by placing the sun  and not the earth  at the centre of the universe.But did anyone take notice? - Harvard astrophysicist Owen Gingerich was intrigued by the bold claim made by Arthur Koestler in his bestselling \"The Sleepwalkers\" that sixteenth-century Europe paid little attention to the groundbreaking  but dense  masterpiece. Gingerich embarked on a thirty-year odyssey to examine every extant copy to prove Koestler wrong...Logging thousands of hours and hundreds of thousands of miles Gingerich uncovered a treasure trove of material on the life of a book and the evolution of an idea. His quest led him to copies once owned by saints  heretics  and scallywags  by musicians and movie stars; some easily accessible  others almost lost to time  politics and the black market.Part biography of a book and a man  part bibliographic and bibliophilic quest  Gingerichs \"The Book Nobody Read\" is an utterly captivating piece of writing  a testament to the power both of books and the love of books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968170487861,"sku":"ByrdShop_0099476444","price":225.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780099476443.jpg?v=1770648219","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-book-nobody-read","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}