From Earth-bound to satellite : : telescopes, skills, and networks / / edited by Alison D. Morrison-Low ... [et al.].
The volume forms a part of the celebrations marking the anniversary of the invention of the telescope. From its Renaissance beginnings to yesterday’s Cold War, the essays contributed here throw a spotlight on a number of significant episodes in the continuing adventures of this well-loved instrument...
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Superior document: | History of science and medicine library ; v. 23 |
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Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | History of science and medicine library ;
v. 23. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Other title: | Preliminary Material -- Galileo’s Shopping List: An Overlooked Document about Early Telescope Making / Johann Wiesel’s Telescopes and his Clientele / The ‘Invisible Technician’ Made Visible: Telescope Making in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth-century Dutch Republic / The Art of Polishing: Practice and Prose in Eighteenth-century Telescope Making / Networks of Telescope Makers and the Evolution of Skill: Evidence from Observatory and Museum Collections / Scoping Longitude: Optical Designs for Navigation at Sea / Following the Stars: Clockwork for Telescopes in the Nineteenth Century / Telescopes Made in Berlin: From Carl Bamberg to Askania / Wide-Field Photographic Telescopes: The Yale, Harvard and Harvard/Smithsonian Meteor and Satellite Camera Networks / The Making of Space Astronomy: A Gift of the Cold War / General Index -- Colour Plates I–XIII. |
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Summary: | The volume forms a part of the celebrations marking the anniversary of the invention of the telescope. From its Renaissance beginnings to yesterday’s Cold War, the essays contributed here throw a spotlight on a number of significant episodes in the continuing adventures of this well-loved instrument, which has played a crucial role in Man’s thinking about his position – literally and philosophically – in the universe. Drawn from various conferences held by the Scientific Instrument Commission of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science between 2007 and 2009, these papers make a substantial contribution to our current knowledge about this fascinating optical instrument. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1283334704 9786613334701 9004214615 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Alison D. Morrison-Low ... [et al.]. |