| 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
| 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.
| Author | : Carlton W. Berenda |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 1965 |
| Genre | : Cosmology |
| ISBN | : |
| 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.
| Author | : Józef Życiński |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Knowledge, Theory of |
| ISBN | : |
