Galileos Glassworks

Klappentext Considers the lapse between the telescope's creation in The Hague in 1608 and Galileo's alleged acquaintance with such news ten months later. This book explores two fundamental questions of intellectual accountability: what did Galileo know of the invention of the telescope! and when did he know it? Zusammenfassung This book considers the lapse between the Dutch telescopeâ™s 1608 creation in The Hague and Galileoâ™s acquaintance with such news ten months later. Along the way, Reeves offers a revised chronology of Galileoâ™s life in this critical period.

Auteur
Eileen Reeves is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University.

Résumé
This book considers the lapse between the Dutch telescopeâ™s 1608 creation in The Hague and Galileoâ™s acquaintance with such news ten months later. Along the way, Reeves offers a revised chronology of Galileoâ™s life in this critical period.