@book{804ad218cd1646c9af3d93fdb1ad7286,
title = "The origins of the telescope",
abstract = "The origins of the telescope have been debated since the instrument{\textquoteright}s appearance in the Hague in 1608. Civic and national pride has led local dignitaries, popular writers, and scholars to present sharply divergent histories over the years, crediting a variety of people and places with the invention. Drawing on newly discovered documents, re-examined records, and tests of early lenses and telescopes, this fascinating study proposes a new and convincing account of the origins of the instrument that changed mankind{\textquoteright}s vision of the universe",
author = "{van Helden}, A. and S. Dupr{\'e} and {van Gent}, R. and H.J. Zuidervaart",
year = "2011",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-90-6984-615-6",
series = "History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands",
publisher = "KNAW Press",
}