On Sunspots

by Eileen Reeves, Albert van Helden, Galileo Galilei, et al.

Book Overview

Galileo?s telescopic discoveries, and especially his observation of sunspots, caused great debate in an age when the heavens were thought to be perfect and unchanging. Christoph Scheiner, a Jesuit... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226707164
• ISBN13: 9780226707167
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"