Evening News : Optics, Astronomy, and Journalism in Early Modern Europe.
Title:
Evening News : Optics, Astronomy, and Journalism in Early Modern Europe.
Author:
Reeves, Eileen.
ISBN:
9780812209488
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (320 pages)
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Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Jesuits on the Moon -- Chapter 2. Medici Stars and the Medici Regency -- Chapter 3. Galileo Gazzettante -- Chapter 4. Cameras That Don't Lie -- Chapter 5. Cameras That Do -- Chapter 6. Rapid Transport -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
Eileen Reeves examines the ways in which a long-standing association of reportage with covert surveillance and astrological prediction was altered by the near simultaneous emergence of weekly newsheets, the invention of the Dutch telescope, and the appearance of Galileo Galilei's astronomical treatise, The Starry Messenger.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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