Galileo's Telescope: A European Story
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2015. Hardcover. Off-white paper boards, blue cloth, gilt letters on spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 340 pp., 8 color plates. VG. Item #150513
ISBN: 9780674736917
"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. [This book] tells the story of how an ingenious optical device evolved from a toylike curiosity into a precision scientific instrument, all in a few years. In transcending the limits of human vision, the telescope transformed humanity's view of itself and knowledge of the cosmos." (dj).
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