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Albert Van Helden

Author of Measuring the Universe: Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley

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Works by Albert Van Helden

Measuring the Universe: Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley (1985) 37 copies

The Origins of the Telescope (History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands) (2010) 10 copies

Osiris, Volume 9: Instruments (1994) 6 copies

Huygens's ring, Cassini's division, and Saturn's children 5 copies

Catalogue of Early Telescopes (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Firenze) (Cataloghi di Raccolte Scientifiche 4) (1999) 5 copies

The changing image of the sciences (2002) — Editor — 5 copies

The Invention of the Telescope (1977) 4 copies

Longitude and the Satellites of Jupiter 1 copy

Longitude at sea 1 copy

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Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger (1610) — Translator, some editions — 341 copies, 2 reviews

The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610: "From Doubt to Astonishment" (1610) — Translator — 19 copies, 3 reviews

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Gender: male
Nationality: Netherlands
Associated Place (for map): Netherlands

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Works: 9
Also by: 2
Members: 74
Popularity: #238,153
Rating: 3.9

ISBNs: 11

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