Galileo's telescope : a European story /

"Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky changed forever, ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo's Telescope tells the story of how an ingenious optical device evolved from a toy-like curiosity into a precision scientific...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bucciantini, Massimo
Other Authors: Camerota, Michele, Giudice, Franco
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642.
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642
Galilei, Galileo > 1564-1642
1600-1699
Telescopes > Europe > History > 17th century.
Astronomical instruments > Europe > History > 17th century.
Astronomy > History > 17th century.
Télescopes > Europe > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Astronomie > Instruments > Europe > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Astronomie > Histoire > 17e siècle.
NATURE > Sky Observation.
SCIENCE > History.
Astronomical instruments
Astronomy
Telescopes
Fernrohr
Telescopen.
Instrumenten.
Astronomi > historia.
Teleskop > historia.
Astronomiska instrument > historia.
Europe
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • From the Low Countries
  • The Venetian archipelago
  • Breaking news : lenses and envelopes
  • In a flash
  • Peregrinations
  • The battle of Prague
  • Across the English Channel : poets, philosophers, and astronomers
  • Setting out to conquer France
  • Milan : at the court of "King" Federico
  • The dark skies of Florence
  • Roman mission
  • In motion : Portugal, India, China
  • Epilogue.

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