<p>The search for understanding creates more than answers; it also produces instruments, books, maps, and other tools made and used by those seeking knowledge. The Universe Unveiled uniquely focuses on these artifacts and devices resulting from the attempts to decipher the Universe from the late fifteenth to the early twentieth century. Beautiful, full-color photographs capture these extremely rare and sometimes unusual curios. Beginning with the discovery of ways to keep time, The Universe Unveiled depicts the shift from an Earth-centered understanding of the Universe to a Sun-centered view, the mapping of the stars, and the ever-expanding knowledge of the heavens using telescopes. It also examines the developing technologies of navigation and of the measuring and mapping of the Earth. In addition to rare European curios, the book is illustrated with non-Western and American works. With more than 250 full-color images, this unique volume will delight the inventive as well as the curious.</p>

The Universe Unveiled: Instruments and Images Through History

Science & Math

FRIEDMAN, Anna Felicity

Stephenson, Bruce

Bolt, Marvin

Astronomy & Space Science

Cambridge University Press

<p>Through the Looking Glass celebrates the telescope's 400th anniversary.</p>

Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass

History

Americas

Adler Planetarium, Astronomy

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