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Gallant, Roy A.

Earth's Place in Space

80 pp. | Benchmark | September, 1999 | Library ISBN 0-7614-0963-7 $$28.50
(3) YA Story of Science series. Gallant provides a solid summary of how humanity graduated from the chauvinistic view that Earth was the center of the universe. The reasoning involved at each stage is discussed, and many of the people involved are named--and their fates for denying accepted "knowledge" described. There are minor slips in the text but none critical to the arguments. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Harry Clement Stubbs

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