Galileo's Visions

Galileo's Visions
Author: Marco Piccolino
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2014
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199554358

In a fascinating and accessible style, Marco Piccolino and Nick Wade analyse the scientific and philosophical work of Galileo Galilei from the particular viewpoint of his approach to the senses (and especially vision) as a means of acquiring trustworthy knowledge about the constitution of the world

Galileo’s Telescope

Galileo’s Telescope
Author: Massimo Bucciantini
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2015-03-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0674736915

Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky was ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo’s Telescope tells how this ingenious device evolved into a precision instrument that would transcend the limits of human vision and transform humanity’s view of its place in the cosmos.

Vision

Vision
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 640
Release: 1888
Genre: Mormons
ISBN:

Optics

Optics
Author: Jeff Hecht
Publisher: Atheneum
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1987
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Describes the wonders of light and optics, exploring such developments as lasers, fiber optics, and holography.

Wave Energy

Wave Energy
Author: Jeff Hecht
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1987
Genre: Force and energy
ISBN: 9780022749644

Describes the wonders of light and optics, exploring such developments as lasers, fiber optics, and holography.