PublishedHarvard University Press, March 2015 |
ISBN9780674736917 |
FormatHardcover, 350 pages |
Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky was ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo's Telescope tells how this ingenious device evolved into a precision instrument that would transcend the limits of human vision and transform humanity's view of its place in the cosmos.
