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Galileo's telescope : a European story
- Title
- Galileo's telescope : a European story / Massimo Bucciantini, Michele Camerota, Franco Giudice ; translation by Catherine Bolton.
- Author
- Bucciantini, Massimo
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015].
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 15-4822 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- x, 340 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- Uniform Title
- Telescopio di Galileo. English
- Alternative Title
- Telescopio di Galileo.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue -- From the Low Countries -- The Venetian archipelago -- Breaking news : lenses and envelopes -- In a flash -- Peregrinations -- The battle of Prague -- Across the English Channel : poets, philosophers, and astronomers -- Setting out to conquer France -- Milan : at the court of "King" Federico -- The dark skies of Florence -- Roman mission -- In motion : Portugal, India, China -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-4822
- ISBN
- 9780674736917 (hardcover)
- 0674736915 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2014033443
- OCLC
- 890377518
- Author
- Bucciantini, Massimo, author.
- Title
- Galileo's telescope : a European story / Massimo Bucciantini, Michele Camerota, Franco Giudice ; translation by Catherine Bolton.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015].
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1600 - 1699
- Added Author
- Camerota, Michele.Giudice, Franco.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-4822