From Earth-Bound to Satellite: Telescopes, Skills and Networks

The 10 papers in this collection are from sessions on the history of the telescope at the International Congress on History of Science, held in Budapest in July 2009, so marking the fourth centennial of Galileo's observations that would result in his book Sidereus Nuncius. The topics include Galileo's shopping list as an overlooked document about early telescope making, telescope making in the Dutch Republic during the 17th and early 18th centuries, optical designs for navigation at sea, clockwork for telescopes in the 19th century, and space astronomy as a gift of the Cold War. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)