Galileo's New Universe: The Revolution in Our Understanding of the Cosmos

by Stephen P. Maran, Stephen Maran, Laurence A. Marschall

Book Overview

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 findingsa seemingly flat moon magically transformed into a dynamic, crater-filled orb and a large, black sky suddenly held millions of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933771593
• ISBN13: 9781933771595
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Benbella Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"