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Born in Poland, educated at Cracow and then in Italy, he served all of his adult life as a church administrator. In this book, leading historian of science Owen Gingerich sets Copernicus in the context of a rapidly changing world, where the recent invention of printing with moveable type not only made sources more readily available to him, but also fueled Martin's Luther's transformation of the religious landscape.
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