The origins of the telescope
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Word Count
92,000 words, Guess
Page Count
368 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveoriginstelescope00halb
- ISBN-109069846152
- ISBN-139789069846156
- Library of Congress Control Number2011493412
- OCLC Control Number760914120
and 2 more
- Better World Books9789069846156
- Open LibraryOL25179502M
Classifications
- LCCQB88 .O74 2010
- LCCD
- LCCQB88 .O75 2010
Description
"The origins of the telescope have been debated since the instrument's appearance in the Hague in 1608. Civic and national pride has led local dignitaries, popular writers, and scholars to present sharply divergent histories over the years, crediting a variety of people and places with the invention. Drawing on newly discovered documents, re-examined records, and tests of early lenses and telescopes, this fascinating study proposes a new and convincing account of the origins of the instrument that changed mankind's vision of the universe."--Publisher's description.
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Series Statement
- History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands -- v. 12.
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