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Evening news : optics, astronomy, and journalism in early modern Europe /

Eileen Reeves examines the ways in which a long-standing association of reportage with covert surveillance and astrological prediction was altered by the near simultaneous emergence of weekly newsheets, the invention of the Dutch telescope, and the appearance of Galileo Galilei's astronomical t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reeves, Eileen Adair (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Material texts.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Eileen Reeves examines the ways in which a long-standing association of reportage with covert surveillance and astrological prediction was altered by the near simultaneous emergence of weekly newsheets, the invention of the Dutch telescope, and the appearance of Galileo Galilei's astronomical treatise, The Starry Messenger.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (315 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812209488
0812209486
1322512531
9781322512532