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.
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