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Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope

By Fred Watson

Book information

Publisher
Da Capo Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0306814838, 9780306814839
Open Library ID
OL9312518M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4619454 bytes)
Pages
358\358
Topic
Physics Astronomy
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Физика;Астрономия и астрофизика;Астрономические ин

Description

The history of the telescope is a rich story of human ingenuity and perseverance involving some of the most colorful figures of the scientific world- Galileo, Johann Kepler, Isaac Newton, William Herschel, George Ellery Hale, and Edwin Hubble.Stargazer brings to life these brilliant, if sometimes quirky, scientists as they turned their eyes and ideas to the stars. Written by one of Australia's top astronomers, Stargazer reveals lucidly, and without technical jargon (but with a dash of humor), the history, science, and technology behind the telescope, and the enormous impact that it has had for four hundred years on how we have come to understand our universe.

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