Mercator The Man Who Mapped the Planet

An illuminating glimpse into the life of Gerhard Mercator, the man who created the map, coined the term "atlas," and solved the dimensional riddle that plagued cosmographers for years, reveals a man who overcame many obstacles to attend one of Europe's top universities, only to be persecuted and imprisoned by the Inquisition and torn between Aristotelian science and religion. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.