{"product_id":"invention-of-the-telescope-albert-van-helden-9780871696748","title":"Invention of the Telescope: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 67, Part 4)","description":"Ours is an age of science and technology, based on precision instruments. The first such device to strengthen our feeble human senses in our striving to comprehend the strange and elusive universe around us was the telescope. Cornelis de Waard, in his \"De uitvinding der verrekijkers\" (The Hague, 1906), had uncovered many new documents bearing on the genesis of the telescope. Van Helden began this project as a translation of de Waard's study. However, Van Helden decided that the profession and de Waard's memory would be better served by a collection and translation of all the relevant primary sources named in his study. Contents of this volume: Intro.; The Background; Between Porta and Lipperhey, 1589-1608; and Documents. Illus. Reprint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert Van Helden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0871696746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780871696748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Philosophical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Albert Van Helden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449031799039,"sku":"9780871696748","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1968c64-db39-4abd-b9c9-1488b49ff44a.jpg?v=1777261655","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/invention-of-the-telescope-albert-van-helden-9780871696748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}