Documents Galileo and his Telescope Practical Optics and Cosmology Albert Van Helden Rice University...

Slide 1Galileo and his Telescope Practical Optics and Cosmology Albert Van Helden Rice University University of Utrecht Slide 2 The telescope was invented by children playing…

Documents The earliest recorded working telescopes were the refracting telescopes that appeared in the...

Slide 1 Slide 2 The earliest recorded working telescopes were the refracting telescopes that appeared in the Netherlands in 1608. Their development is credited to three individuals:…