Published 2009
by National Maritime Museum in London .
Written in
Offering a refreshingly cross-disciplinary approach, this history of the telescope broadens the story of this iconic device to explain the use of the telescope at sea; explore its cultural influences in literature, art, and film; and reveal its everyday uses--from bird watching to spying. Complete with illustrations that visually trace the development of the technology alongside the text, the book discloses lesser-known stories involving the dangers of termites and some unique uses of a well and a Ford Model T. While more well-known stories of scientific marvels like the Hubble telescope are also covered, this in-depth account deliberately goes beyond the obvious to examine the important development of the telescope as a modest hand-held device and analyze its wider impact on culture and society.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
| Statement | Richard Dunn |
| Contributions | National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | QB88 .D86 2009 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 192 pages : |
| Number of Pages | 192 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL26485645M |
| ISBN 10 | 1906367043 |
| ISBN 10 | 9781906367046 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 276815808 |
May 01, · Actually, for a science nerd like me this is a delightful book written by an astronomer at the Greenwich observatory. The use of glass to magnify images is ancient but the use of lenses as a telescope dates from Galileo made them famous with his observation of the moon and the moons of Jupiter/5. The Telescope in the Ice is, ultimately, a book about people and the thrill of the chase: the struggle to understand the neutrino and the pioneers and inventors of neutrino astronomy/5. Apr 09, · Highly recommended. As a newbie in the world of amateur telescope makers, I found this book to be fantastic. I love the vintage feel of the drawings and the simple designs that could be improvised from the humblest of scrapings. From designs to theory this book covers it all. Excellent book/5(22). As a result of this three-year collaboration between authors David Kriege and Richard Berry, experienced and well-known telescope makers, you now have the opportunity to build a high-performance telescope from 14 inches to 40 inches aperture based on the thoroughly tested designs described in this book. The Dobsonian telescope takes its name from the astronomer/philosopher John Dobson Cited by: 4.
James Webb Space Telescope Launch/Servicing Missions Miscellaneous Nebulae Quasars & Black Holes Solar System Spacecraft Star Clusters Stars Zoomable Image Formats Picture of the Week Advanced Search Usage of Images and Videos. The chapter on white light solar observing (this book was written before hobbyist H-alpha telescopes became available) is a must for beginners, and even those a bit more seasoned will find something to use here. I still find that this part of the book is indispensible/5(7). A quote that comes at the end of Bina Venkataraman's latest book The Optimist's Telescope. She has approached the question of how we do a better job as a society making long-term decisions that through the eyes of an optimist. We face so many crises that it can seem overwhelming at times/5. Dec 21, · The telescope is one of humankind's most important inventions. The simple device that made far away things look near gave observers a new perspective. When curious men pointed the spyglass toward.
Oct 01, · The Hubble Space Telescope is now at the apex of its imaging capabilities yet until the publication of Hubble's Universe, no other popular book had presented the latest pictures taken by the new Wide Field Camera /5. If you only get one book to go along with your new telescope, make sure it's Turn Left at Orion! The perfect companion guide, it includes maps to nearly of the best objects, and drawings depicting what they will look like through your telescope. A captivating story filled with magic, mystery, and time-travel for middle-grade and early teen readers of Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, and Rick Riordan "Amazingly creative, filled with details and imagery that fill your mind with scenes as if you're there in the moment. I /5. Boreel's conclusion that Zacharias Janssen invented the telescope a little ahead of another spectacle maker, Hans Lippershey, was adopted by Pierre Borel in his book De vero telescopii inventore.
