Book ID: CBB001250881

The Origins of the Telescope (2010)

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Van Helden, Albert (Author)


KNAW Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: vi + 368 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

The origins of the telescope have been debated since the instrument's appearance in the Hague in 1608. Civic and national pride has led local dignitaries, popular writers, and scholars to present sharply divergent histories over the years, crediting a variety of people and places with the invention. Drawing on newly discovered documents, re-examined records, and tests of early lenses and telescopes, this fascinating study proposes a new and convincing account of the origins of the instrument that changed mankind's vision of the universe

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Authors & Contributors
Zuidervaart, Huibert Jan
Reeves, Eileen A.
Rodzeń, Jacek
Zuidervaart, Huib
Zik, Yaakov
Van Helden, Albert
Concepts
Telescopes
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Astronomy
Optics
Astronomical observatories
Observation
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
16th century
Places
Netherlands
England
Hague (Nethelands)
Italy
Germany
France
Institutions
Leiden Observatory
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Dollond and Aitchison (firm)
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