Heaven on Earth: how Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo discovered the modern world

Introducing the stars

Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolaus in the old world ; The fall of the House of Watzenrode ; In opposition ; The first Copernican ; The first account ; The first dissent ; The second account ; Postmortem

Tycho Brahe. New stars ; A burdensome privilege ; Hven ; Urania through the years ; Treasures on the broken road ; The parvenu ; Goodbye to all that ; The outside world ; A letter received

Johannes Kepler. Fathers, sons, ghosts ; The theological turn ; Judgment ; A letter sent ; The need for harmony ; The eyes of the bear ; Two families ; Lunacy ; Reversals of fortune ; The war on astronomy ; Ascension

Galileo Galilei. Descent ; Upon leaving the top of the arc ; Pupils ; Horky's odyssey ; Their rekindled friendship ; The naming of things ; The new man ; Their dying friendship ; The renaming of things ; First signs of night ; The animals ; Wine and women ; Two winters and a spring ; The other side of the door ; A bad memory ; A dove ; A tongue of fire ; Death and the garden ; The changing tides ; Words of his golden years ; A family man ; The dialogue ; The teacher ; Lacunae ; Life inside a box ; The four last things in cruel disorder

Appendix: seven vignettes from the New Astronomy.