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Galileo's telescope : a European story /

Main Author: Bucciantini, Massimo.
Other Authors: Camerota, Michele., Giudice, Franco.
Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642.
Telescopes > History > 17th century. > Europe
Τηλεσκόπια > Ιστορία > 17ος αιώνας. > Ευρώπη
Astronomical instruments > History > 17th century. > Europe
Αστρονομικά όργανα > Ιστορία > 17ος αιώνας. > Ευρώπη
Astronomy > History > 17th century.
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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