Book ID: CBB000774287

Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror (2008)

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Reeves, Eileen A. (Author)


Harvard University Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: 231 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description “Explores how and why information about the telescope was transmitted, suppressed, or misconstrued.... A revealing account of the role that misprision, error, and preconception play in the advancement of science.” (from the publisher)


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Review Heilbron, J. L. (2008) Review of "Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror". Journal for the History of Astronomy (p. 530). unapi

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Review Marí, Antonio Beltrán (2009) Review of "Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 143). unapi

Review Smith, A. Mark (2009) Review of "Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror". Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (p. 59). unapi

Review Wilding, Nick (2011) Review of "Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 146). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Zik, Yaakov
English, Neil
Zhao, Shuanlin
Watson, Stephen
Van Helden, Albert
Strano, Giorgio
Concepts
Telescopes
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Astronomy
Optics
Observation
Mirrors
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
Renaissance
20th century, late
20th century
Places
Italy
England
Japan
Germany
Institutions
Zeiss (Carl) Optische Werkstätte, Jena
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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