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Galileo’s Telescope : A European Story / Massimo Bucciantini, Michele Camerota, Franco Giudice.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries onlyDescription: 1 online resource (352 p.) : 8 color illustrations, 25 halftones, 5 mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674425446
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 522/.209409031 23
LOC classification:
  • QB88 .B8313 2015eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Plates, and Maps -- Prologue -- 1. From the Low Countries -- 2. The Venetian Archipelago -- 3. Breaking News: Glass and Envelopes -- 4. In a Flash -- 5. Peregrinations -- 6. The Battle of Prague -- 7. Across the English Channel -- 8. Conquering France -- 9. Milan: At the Court of “King” Federico -- 10. The Dark Skies of Florence -- 11. The Roman Mission -- 12. In Motion: Portugal, India, China -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky was ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo’s Telescope tells how this ingenious device evolved into a precision instrument that would transcend the limits of human vision and transform humanity’s view of its place in the cosmos.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674425446

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Plates, and Maps -- Prologue -- 1. From the Low Countries -- 2. The Venetian Archipelago -- 3. Breaking News: Glass and Envelopes -- 4. In a Flash -- 5. Peregrinations -- 6. The Battle of Prague -- 7. Across the English Channel -- 8. Conquering France -- 9. Milan: At the Court of “King” Federico -- 10. The Dark Skies of Florence -- 11. The Roman Mission -- 12. In Motion: Portugal, India, China -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky was ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo’s Telescope tells how this ingenious device evolved into a precision instrument that would transcend the limits of human vision and transform humanity’s view of its place in the cosmos.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)