جهان جدید گالیله: انقلاب در درک ما از کیهان

the Historical And Social Implications Of The Telescope And That Instrument’s Modern-day Significance Are Brought Into Startling Focus In This Fascinating Account. When Galileo Looked To The Sky With His Perspicillum, Or Spyglass, Roughly 400 Years Ago, He Could Not Have Fathomed The Amount Of Change His Astonishing Findings—a Seemingly Flat Moon Magically Transformed Into A Dynamic, Crater-filled Orb And A Large, Black Sky Suddenly Held Millions Of Galaxies—would Have On Civilizations. Reflecting On How Galileo’s World Compares With Contemporary Society, This Insightful Analysis Deftly Moves From The Cutting-edge Technology Available In 17th-century Europe To The Unbelievable Phenomena Discovered During The Last 50 Years, Documenting Important Astronomical Advances And The Effects They Have Had Over The Years. publishers Weekly on The Occasion Of The Telescope's 400th Birthday, Author And Former Nasa Scientist Maran (astronomy For Dummies) And Physics Professor Marschall (the Supernova Story) Examine How Galileo's Invention Led To Ground-breaking Discoveries And The Confirmation Of The Heliocentric Copernican Hypothesis. Alternating Between Galileo's Perspective And That Of 21st Century Astrophysics, Maran And Marschall Dramatize The Profound Novelty Of Galileo's First Steps And The Enormous Distance We've Come Since: Astronomer S Now Collect More Information In An Eyeblink Than Galileo Could In Three Years Of Systematic Observation. Though A Dutchman Fashioned The First Rudimentary Telescope (two Disks Of Glass And A Piece Of Lead Pipe), The Improvements Galileo Developed In 1609 Turned The Humble Spyglass (a Military And Shipping Aid) Into A Precision Instrument For Studying The Heavens. Galileo's First Astonishing Discovery Was That The Moon, Previously Thought To Be An Ethereal Body Entirely Unlike The Earth, Had A Landscape. Just Two Years Later He Was Observing Sun Spots And Tracking Venus. A Charming Peek Into Astronomy's Family Album, This Lively History Is Ideal For Armchair Scientists And Stargazers. copyright © Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The story of how Galileo’s telescope transformed the heavens—and contemporary astrophysics: A “lively history . . . ideal for armchair scientists and stargazers” ( Publishers Weekly ).
 
In the fall of 1609, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei turned his modified spyglass toward the sky—and greatly expanded the scope of human understanding. The scientific, historical, and social implications of the telescope, as well as its modern-day significance, are brought into startling focus in this fascinating account co-written by NASA scientist Stephen P. Maran and physics professor Laurence A. Marschall.
 
Galileo could not have fathomed the profound changes his new instrument would bring about for civilization. With it, he made some of the most astonishing discoveries in scientific history: A seemingly flat moon magically transformed into a dynamic, crater-filled orb, and a large, black sky suddenly held millions of galaxies.
 
Reflecting on how Galileo’s world compares with contemporary society, Galileo’s New Universe deftly moves from the cutting-edge technology available in seventeenth-century Europe to the unbelievable phenomena discovered during the last fifty years, documenting important astronomical advances and the effects they have had over time.

"About 400 years ago, Galileo looked to the sky with his perspicillum, or spyglass, and changed how we see the universe around us forever. The seemingly flat moon was suddenly full of craters, the creamy Milky Way was dotted with stars and the large black sky held more than just the Earth and its moon. Fast forward to the 21st century, when humans have walked on the moon half a dozen times and perspicillums, or telescopes, are several hundred times larger and gather images of phenomena Galileo couldn't fathom. Galileo's New Universe doesn't just document astronomical advances, it compares and contrasts Galileo's world with today's. Learn the consequences Galileo faced when he supported the Copernican Theory of the sun as the center of the universe to current scientific debates such as how the universe works. Find out what's changed in astronomy and why and what hasn't evolved since the 17th century."--Publisher description