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Galileo's telescope : a European story / Massimo Bucciantini, Michele Camerota, Franco Giudice ; translated by Catherine Bolton.
LIBRA QB88 .B8313 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bucciantini, Massimo, author.
- Camerota, Michele, author.
- Giudice, Franco, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Telescopio di Galileo. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Telescopes--Europe--History--17th century.
- Telescopes.
- Astronomical instruments--Europe--History--17th century.
- Astronomical instruments.
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
- Galilei, Galileo.
- Astronomy--History--17th century.
- Astronomy.
- History.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- x, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- From the Low Countries
- The Venetian archipelago
- Breaking news : glass and envelopes
- In a flash
- Peregrinations
- The battle of Prague
- Across the English Channel : poets, philosophers, and astronomers
- Conquering France
- Milan : at the court of "King" Federico
- The dark skies of Florence
- The Roman mission
- In motion : Portugal, India, China
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Italian.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674736917
- 0674736915
- OCLC:
- 890377518
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