中文摘要：

《无人读过的书——哥白尼（天体运行论）追踪记》是哈佛．史密森天文台退休高级天文学家、哈佛大学天文学及科学史双料教授欧文·金格里奇30多年追寻哥白尼《天体运行论》的学术考察历程的传记性学术著作。该书通过一系列传奇经历，揭示了许多不为人知的历史内幕，廓清了16、17世纪天文学史中一些重要发现的历史脉络，对《天体运行论》进行了全方位的调查和跟踪，以通俗的语言生动地展示了历史中的《天体运行论》，是一部关于哥白尼天文学说接受和流传史的著作．具有编史学意义。

英文摘要：

Written by the University, Book Nobody Read： astronomer and historian of science Prof. Owen Gingerich of Harvard Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus is a biographic book about the history of academic research of chasing the Revolutions of Nicolans Copernicus for about 30 years. The writer reveals many inside stories and the historical veins of important astronomical discoveries in the 16th and 17th centuries. The book deals with the history of acceptance and circulation about Copemicus＇s astronomy, and is of significance for historiography