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Stargazer : the life and times of the telescope

An anecdotal history of the development of the optical telescope and the people involved, culminating in the author's predictions for future developments.

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  • "An anecdotal history of the development of the optical telescope and the people involved, culminating in the author's predictions for future developments."@en
  • "An anecdotal history of the development of the optical telescope and the people involved, culminating in the author's predictions for future developments."
  • "The telescope is undoubtedly one of the world's most far-reaching inventions. For the past four centuries the telescope has stood at the forefront of human discovery. From its humble beginnings in seventeenth-century Holland, when a simple spectacle-maker first presented his invention to his country's military leaders, to today's colossal structures housed in space-age cathedrals, the telescope has unlocked nature's secrets. And in the past decade, the Hubble Space Telescope has brought us to the very edges of the universe, and the very beginning of time. How did the telescope---a potent mix of art, science, and engineering---reach its present level of sophistication? 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 the story of these brilliant, and sometime quirky, scientists as they turned their eyes and ideas beyond what anyone thought possible. Professor Fred Watson, one of Australia's top astronomers, writes clearly and skillfully, without technical jargon but with a dash of humor, explaining the 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 the universe."@en
  • "The telescope is literally the world's most far-reaching invention. It can unlock nature's secrets in the remotest corners of the universe. It is a time machine, allowing us to look billions of years into the past for answers to some of our most profound questions. In its 400-year history, the telescope has progressed from a crudely fashioned tube holding a couple of spectacle lenses to colossal structures housed in space-age cathedrals. 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 edge of space with the cutting-edge telescopes of today."@en

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  • "Electronic books"
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  • "Stargazer : the life and times of the telescope"@en
  • "Sterrenkijker : de geschiedenis van de telescoop"
  • "Sterrenkijker : de geschiedenis van de telescoop"@en
  • "Stargazer ;the life and times of the telescope"
  • "Stargazer The Life and Times of the Telescope"
  • "Stargazer the life and times of the telescope"@en
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  • "Stargazer : the life and times of the telescope"

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