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Descartes And The Hyperbolic Quest: Lens Making Machines And Their Significance In The Seventeenth Century - Couverture rigide

Burnett, D. Graham

 
9780871699534: Descartes And The Hyperbolic Quest: Lens Making Machines And Their Significance In The Seventeenth Century
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ISBN 10 : 0871699532 ISBN 13 : 9780871699534
Editeur : American Philosophical Society Press, 2005

Synopsis

In 1629, the natural philosopher René Descartes enticed a young artisan to undertake a secretive project, one that promised to revolutionize early modern astronomy. Descartes believed he had conceived a new kind of telescope lens, shaped by the light of reason itself, & surpassing anything ever to come from the hands of the glass-working craftsmen of the era. These novel lenses would never be touched by human hands -- they would be cut by an elaborate machine, a self-regulating & automatic device. This study traces the inception, development, & finally the collapse of this ambitious enterprise, which absorbed the energies & attentions of a broad range of 17th-century savants, including Huygens, Wren, Hevelius, Hooke, & even Newton. Illus.

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Éditeur
American Philosophical Society Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0871699532
ISBN 13 
9780871699534
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
152
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