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Seeing and Believing : A Short History of the Telescope and How we Look at the Universe
Seeing and Believing A Short History of the Telescope and How we Look at the Universe
Author: Richard Panek
In 1609, Galileo fit two lenses inside a cylindrical tube, aimed it at the sky, and forever changed the world. With pith and charm, Seeing and Believing tells the story--era by era, visionary by visionary, technology by technology, and discovery by discovery--of how the telescope has changed the way we look at ourselves. In the tradition of Dava...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780670876280
ISBN-10: 0670876283
Publication Date: 10/1/1998
Pages: 208
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Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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