TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reeves,Eileen
TI  - Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror
SN  - 9780674042636
AV  - QB85 
U1  - 522/.2092 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Galilei, Galileo,-1564-1642
KW  - Astronomical instruments-Europe-History-17th century
KW  - Telescopes-Europe-History-17th century
KW  - Optical instruments-Europe-History-17th century
KW  - Mirrors-Experiments-History-17th century
KW  - Science-History-17th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: -- 1. The Daily Mirror of Empire -- 2. Idle Inventions -- 3. Obscure Procedures and Odd Opponents -- 4. The Dutch Telescope and the French Mirror -- 5. The Afterlife of a Legend -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
N2  - This book considers the lapse between the Dutch telescope's 1608 creation in The Hague and Galileo's acquaintance with such news ten months later. Along the way, Reeves offers a revised chronology of Galileo's life in this critical period
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