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Stargazer The Life and Times of the Telescope by Fred Watson Hardcover 2004
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- Narrative Type
- Non-Fiction
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories
- Original Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Stargazer: the Life and Times of the Telescope
- Item Height
- 195mm
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Topic
- Astronomy
- Item Width
- 130mm
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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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 four hundred 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. Such giants attract universal attention, even among people with no interest in astronomy. They sit right on the boundary between the mysteries of the Universe and today's cutting-edge technology. How did this potent mix of art, science and engineering reach its present level of sophistication? 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, with enigmatic whispers of telescope-like inventions finding their way into classical writing. It 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 it relates how the increasing demands of astronomers made the instrument ever more refined, more capable-and bigger. Stargazer brings the story of the telescope to a general readership for the first time. Written by one of Australia's best-loved astronomers, it presents the most up-to-date historical scholarship in a lively and uniquely entertaining manner. It is the perfect introduction to the telescope in the run-up to its four hundredth birthday.
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Allen & Unwin
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9781865086583
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95568239
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Book Title
Stargazer: the Life and Times of the Telescope
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Astronomy
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
352 Pages
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Item Height
195mm
Item Width
130mm
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Australia
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