{"product_id":"the-long-route-to-the-rolf-willach-9781606189856","title":"The Long Route to the Invention of the Telescope: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 98, Part 5)","description":"After the telescope became known in 1608-1609, a number of people in widely separate locations claimed that they had such a device long before the announcement came from The Hague; in the summer of 1608, no one had a telescope, in the summer of 1609, everyone had one. For a number of years author Rolf Willach has quietly tested early spectacle lenses in museums and private collections, and now he reports on this study, which gives an entirely new explanation of the invention of the telescope and solves the conundrum mentioned above. Willach is an optical engineer and independent scholar who worked for several years at the Inst. of Astronomy in Bern. He has written extensively on the history of the development of optics and the telescope. Illus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rolf Willach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606189859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606189856\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 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 42","brand":"Rolf Willach","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47305338290431,"sku":"9781606189856","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_545ecdaa-6866-4038-bb66-9a90c0ad33be.jpg?v=1758830611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-route-to-the-rolf-willach-9781606189856","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}