Description
The history of the telescope is a rich story of ingenuity and perseverance involving some of the most colourful figures of the scientific world.
It begins in ancient times, gathers momentum through the Renaissance, with the first recorded telescope bursting onto the scene in the middle of a diplomatic crisis in seventeenth century Holland, and takes us to the limits of space with the cutting-edge telescopes of today.
This book is a signed by the author – Fred Watson.
- Publisher: ? Da Capo Press Inc
- Publish Date: 22 June 2005
- Number Pages: 360 pages
- ISBN:? 978-0306814327
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