Galileo's New Universe
The Revolution in Our Understanding of the Cosmos
- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
2 October 2009
Summary
The historical and social implications of the telescope and that instrument’s modern-day significance are brought into startling focus in this fascinating account. When Galileo looked to the sky with his perspicillum, or spyglass, roughly 400 years ago, he could not have fathomed the amount of change his astonishing findings—a seemingly flat moon magically transformed into a dynamic, crater-filled orb and a large, black sky suddenly held millions of galaxies—would have on civilizations. Refle…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781933771595 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1933771593 |
| Author: | Stephen P. Maran |
| Publisher: | BenBella Books |
| Imprint: | BenBella Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 2 October 2009 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 1mm x 1mm x 1mm |
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About The Author
Stephen P. Maran
Stephen P. Maran worked at NASA for more than 35 years, on projects including the Hubble Space Telescope. He is the author of more than 10 books, including The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia and Astronomy for Dummies, and is the press officer for the American Astronomical Society. He has an asteroid named for him and has been awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Achievement, the George Van Biesbroeck Prize of the American Astronomical Society, and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s Klumpke-Roberts Award. He lives in Chevy Chase, MD.
Laurence A. Marschall is the WKT Sahm Professor of Physics at Gettysburg College and the author of The Supernova Story. He is a regular columnist for Natural History, a contributing editor of Smithsonian Air and Space, and an astronomy contributor for The World Book Encyclopedia. He is the deputy press officer of the American Astronomical Society and has been published in numerous publications, including Astronomy, Discover, Harper’s, Newsday, and The New York Times Book Review. He lives in Gettysburg, PA.
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