Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic Astronomy (Record no. 110487)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781441955920
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Standard number or code 10.1007/978-1-4419-5592-0
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Classification number QB4
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Subject category code SCI004000
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Subject category code NAT033000
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Classification number 520
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Grego, Peter.
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Title Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic Astronomy
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Statement of responsibility, etc by Peter Grego, David Mannion.
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-- New York, NY :
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-- 2010.
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Extent X, 300p. 176 illus., 22 illus. in color.
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Series statement Astronomers' Universe,
International Standard Serial Number 1614-659X
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Eyes on the Skies -- Galileo Magnifico -- Newton’s Universe -- Surveying the Solar System -- A Bigger Picture Unfolds -- Beyond Vision.
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Summary, etc Imagine yourself living 400 years ago, right before the telescope was first used by Galileo to look up into the skies and find unforeseen wonders. You probably believed, with most of the known world, that Earth was at the center of the magnificent parade of planets and stars above you, and the Sun’s purpose in journeying across the sky was to give Earth daylight and warmth. Suddenly, though, your world is turned upside down. The Church, all powerful in its doctrines and teachings of the times, continues to support theories that don’t fit the facts presented by scientists. Scientists in their quest for truth must hide their findings or risk the harsh penalties imposed by the Church. We have gone from a comforting Earth-centered universe to a tiny floating spec in a gigantic cosmos, barely a comma in a lengthy treatise. And we have gone there in a blink of an eye. We may have lost our central position in the universe, but Grego and Mannion show us how much we have gained in understanding the universe around us. And we are only at the beginning of our journey. Their words help us to discover our place again and how we got there and what we might expect to learn in the centuries to come.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Popular Science in Astronomy.
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Personal name Mannion, David.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781441955708
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Uniform title Astronomers' Universe,
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5592-0
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