Book ID: CBB001232417

400 Years of Astronomical Telescopes: A Review of History, Science and Technology (2010)

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Brandl, Bernhard R. (Editor)
Stuik, Remko (Editor)
Katgert-Merkelijn, J. K. (Editor)


Springer


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: xv + 515 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Includes:


Reviewed By

Essay Review Pasachoff, Jay M. (2014) A History of Telescopes. Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 256-258). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Tremble, Virginia (2010) Telescopes in the Mirror of Scientometrics. In: 400 Years of Astronomical Telescopes: A Review of History, Science and Technology (p. 133). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Hoskin, Michael A.
Zuidervaart, Huibert Jan
Zampieri, Luca
Van Helden, Albert
Udías, Agustín
Turatto, Massimo
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
History of Science
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Publishers
Univ.-Verl. Göttingen
Springer
Sally Beaumont
Olschki
Museum of Victoria
Museum Boerhaave
Concepts
Astronomy
Telescopes
Astronomical observatories
Solar system; planets
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Observation
People
Galilei, Galileo
Herschel, William
Herschel, Caroline
Merz, Georg
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Kepler, Johannes
Time Periods
19th century
17th century
18th century
20th century
16th century
Places
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Bath (England)
Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Kassel (Germany)
Institutions
Göttingen. Universität
Leiden Observatory
Radcliffe Observatory (University of Oxford)
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Accademia del Cimento, Florence
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