American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Book of Members (PDF). Abgerufen am 2. April 2016
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Thomas S. Kuhn: The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts) 1957, ISBN 0-674-17103-9, S. 283 (eingeschränkte Vorschau in der Google-Buchsuche [abgerufen am 9. Oktober 2016]): „All the general histories of science discuss the period and many of the problems covered by this book, but only Herbert Butterfield … has had particular influence on the structure of this book.“
