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Author Bucciantini, Massimo.

Title Galileo's telescope' : a European story / Massimo Bucciantini, Michele Camerota, Franco Giudice ; translation by Catherine Bolton.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  522.2 BUCCIANTINI    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  522.2 BUCCIANTINI    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  522.20 B85    Check Shelf
Description x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-326) 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.
Subject Telescopes -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
Astronomical instruments -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Astronomy -- History -- 17th century.
Telescopes. (OCoLC)fst01146496
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Telescopen. (NL-LeOCL)078686385
Instrumenten. (NL-LeOCL)078546478
Chronological Term 1600 - 1699
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Camerota, Michele.
Giudice, Franco.
Added Title Telescopio di Galileo. English
ISBN 9780674736917 (alk. paper)
0674736915 (alk. paper)
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