Copernicus's Place in the Universe

Longitude (1995), the book that made her name, was about the man who invented the clock that made accurate navigation possible in the 18th century. Galileoâ??s Daughter (2000) was about, yes, Suor Maria Celeste. Now A More Perfect Heaven is about Copernicus â?? or, if heâ??s too much of a household name, Copernicus and his dealings with Rheticus, the young Lutheran scholar who, in 1539-41, persuaded him to publish his crazy idea that the Earth went round the Sun rather than vice-versa.