A new translation was published at Dublin as late as 1761.] It is the first book--at least the first that has any claim to be remembered--in the literature of popular science, and it is one of the most striking.

It met with the success which it deserved.

It was reprinted again and again, and it was almost immediately translated into English.
The significance of the Plurality of Worlds is indeed much greater than that of a pioneer work in popularisation and a model in the art of making technical subjects interesting.

We must remember that at this time the belief that the sun revolves round the earth still prevailed.
Only the few knew better.

The cosmic revolution which is associated with the names of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo was slow in producing its effects.