Book ID: CBB001033191

Galileo's Medicean Moons: Their Impact on 400 Years of Discovery (2010)

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Barbieri, Cesare (Editor)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: xxii + 271 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Proceedings of the 269th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Padova, Italy, January 6-9, 2010. Partial contents:


Includes Chapters

Chapter Sobel, Dava (2010) Popular Perceptions of Galileo. In: Galileo's Medicean Moons: Their Impact on 400 Years of Discovery. unapi

Chapter Mendillo, Michael (2010) The Appearance of the Medicean Moons in 17th-Century Charts and Books. How Long Did It Take?. In: Galileo's Medicean Moons: Their Impact on 400 Years of Discovery. unapi

Chapter George V. Coyne, S. J. (2010) Galileo's Telescopic Observations: The Marvel and Meaning of Discovery. In: Galileo's Medicean Moons: Their Impact on 400 Years of Discovery. unapi

Chapter Owen, Tobias; Bolton, Scott (2010) The Slow Growth of Humility. In: Galileo's Medicean Moons: Their Impact on 400 Years of Discovery. unapi

Chapter Peruzzi, Giulio (2010) A New Physics to Support the Copernican System. Gleanings from Galileo's Works. In: Galileo's Medicean Moons: Their Impact on 400 Years of Discovery. unapi

Chapter Righini, Alberto (2010) The Telescope in the Making, the Galileo First Telescopic Observations. In: Galileo's Medicean Moons: Their Impact on 400 Years of Discovery. unapi

Chapter Aksnes, Kaare (2010) Navigation, World Mapping and Astrometry with Galileo's Moons. In: Galileo's Medicean Moons: Their Impact on 400 Years of Discovery. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Van Helden, Albert
Reeves, Eileen A.
Hoskin, Michael A.
Margolin, Arianne
Protasi, Chiara
Ago, Renata
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
Physics in Perspective
Nature
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
History of Science
Publishers
University of Colorado at Boulder
Yale University Press
University of Chicago Press
Springer
Sally Beaumont
Museum Boerhaave
Concepts
Astronomy
Telescopes
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Observation
Copernicanism
Astronomical observatories
People
Galilei, Galileo
Herschel, William
Rheita, Anton Maria Schyrlaus von
Ramsden, Jesse
Kepler, Johannes
Huygens, Christiaan
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
16th century
21st century
Places
Italy
Netherlands
Europe
Institutions
Leiden Observatory
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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