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The Origins of the Telescope
Author(s): Albert Van Helden (Editor), Sven Dupré (Editor), Rob van Gent (Editor), Huib Zuidervaart (Editor)
- Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date: October 15, 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 9069846152
- ISBN-13: 9789069846156
Book Description
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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About the Author
Albert Van Helden is professor of history at Rice University and the author of The Invention of the Telescope.
