Galileo's telescope
Subtitle: a European story
By: Massimo Bucciantini, Michele Camerota, Franco Giudice ; translated by Catherine Bolton
Contributors: Camerota, Michele, author; Giudice, Franco, author; Bolton, Catherine, translator
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780674736917
Subjects: Astronomy; Astronomical instruments; Telescopes; History
Work titles: Telescopio di Galileo
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  (pages 305-326) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: From the Low Countries; title: The Venetian archipelago; title: Breaking news : lenses and envelopes; title: In a flash; title: Peregrinations; title: The battle of Prague; title: Across the English Channel : poets, philosophers, and astronomers; title: Setting out to conquer France; title: Milan : at the court of "King" Federico; title: The dark skies of Florence; title: Roman mission; title: In motion : Portugal, India, China; title: Epilogue.