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Galileo's Glassworks : The Telescope and the Mirror.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674042636
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Galileo's GlassworksDDC classification:
  • 522/.2092
LOC classification:
  • QB85
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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