[PDF.06we] The Invention of the Telescope (2008 Reprint)

The Invention of the Telescope (2008 Reprint)

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 | #928919 in Books |  Amer Philosophical Society |  1977-12-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | File type: PDF | 67 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A very specialized book for a very limited audience|By Ursiform|This is the sort of book that I find very hard to rate. It is a 1977 paper reprinted in 2008 for the 400th anniversary of the telescope. The author found and, as needed, translated many documents relevant to the invention of the telescope. From these he weaves the early history of the device. The paper itself is on

Ours is an age of science and technology, based on precision instruments. The first such device to strengthen our feeble human senses in our striving to comprehend the strange and elusive universe around us was the telescope. Cornelis de Waard, in his De uitvinding der verrekijkers (The Hague, 1906), had uncovered many new documents bearing on the genesis of the telescope. Van Helden began this project as a translation of de Waard s study. However, Van Helden decided tha...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Invention of the Telescope (2008 Reprint)   |  Albert. Van Helden. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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