Seeing and believing : the story of the telescope, or, how we found our place in the universe / Richard Panek.
Pubblicazione:
London : Fourth estate, 2000.
Descrizione fisica:
198 p. ; 20 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Prologue. Pt. 1. Seeing: 1. The new world 2. God's eye. Pt. 2. Believing: 3. By the numbers 4. Profundity. Pt. 3. Beyond belief: 5. More light 6. More dark. Bibliography. Index
Note galileane:
Numerosi i riferimenti a Galilei; in particolare, cfr. p. 26-62, 69-72
