New York: Norton, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book by this award-winning writer which "provides a highly personal and philosophical gloss of all six chapters of Copernicus's De revolutionibus (1543). [He discusses] the contemporary mindset, the limits of observation at the time and the scientist's quiet, provincial career. What seems most remarkable about Copernicus's book after reading Vollmann's version is how firmly his work is based on Ptolemy's. It's also striking how close he came to modern astronomical values." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated with many diagrams. Includes chronology, sources, bibliography. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-393059693.