Review of Jürgen Hamel and Inge Keil (eds.), Der Meister und die Fernrohre: das Wechselspiel zwischen Astronomie und Optik in der Geschichte

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    Der Meister und die Fernrohre: das Wechselspiel zwischen Astronomie und Optik in der Geschichte
    Original languageUndefined/Unknown
    Pages (from-to)410-411
    Number of pages2
    JournalJournal for the History of Astronomy
    Volume39
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

    Bibliographical note

    In 1957 Rolf Riekher, an optical engineer by training and profession, published
    Fernrohre und ihre Meister (a revised edition appeared in 1990). Like Henry C.
    King’s The history of the telescope, Riekher’s book is one of the classics of the field
    and remains indispensable for all those interested in the history of the telescope. In
    May 2007, on the occasion of Riekher’s eighty-fifth birthday, a colloquium was held
    in his honour at the Archenhold Observatory in Berlin-Treptow, close to his home
    and place of work. The volume under review, appropriately titled Der Meister und
    die Fernrohre, is a Festschrift.

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