Galileo´s Planet: Observing Jupiter Before Photography
Thomas A Hockey
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Description for Galileo´s Planet: Observing Jupiter Before Photography
Hardback. Since the earliest times one of the brightest lights in the heavens has been that of Jupiter, mythical king of the gods and the largest planet in the solar system. This book presents the history of humankind's quest to understand the giant planet in the era before photography. Num Pages: 236 pages, colour halftones, glossary. BIC Classification: PDX; PGG; PGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 566.
Since the earliest times one of the brightest lights in the heavens has been that of Jupiter, mythical king of the gods and the largest planet in the solar system. It was only natural that peoples from the dawn of history would be interested in such a planet and, indeed, Jupiter was one of the first objects to be observed with the telescope. Even today Jupiter captures the public interest like no other planet: a vast gaseous world, home to violent storms (larger than the Earth) that have raged for centuries.
Galileo's Planet: Observing Jupiter before Photography presents the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750304481
SKU
V9780750304481
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Galileo´s Planet: Observing Jupiter Before Photography
"Hockey, an astronomer with well-developed historical sensitivities, surveys in this volume observational investigations of Jupiter from antiquity until the time, around 1880, when photography fundamentally altered how astronomers viewed the planets. He has a story very worth telling. His account should simultaneously satisfy astronomers seeking information on telescopic reports of changes on Jupiter and also historians of science searching for ... Read more