Evening news : optics, astronomy, and journalism in early modern Europe

Evening news : optics, astronomy, and journalism in early modern Europe /

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 t...

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Main Author: Reeves, Eileen Adair (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Material texts.
Subjects:
1600-1699
Journalism > Europe > History > 17th century.
Newspaper publishing > Effect of technological innovations on > Europe > History > 17th century.
Optics > Social aspects > Europe > History > 17th century.
Astronomy > Social aspects > Europe > History > 17th century.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Astronomy > Social aspects
Intellectual life
Journalism
Europe > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
Europe
Astronomy.
History.
Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (315 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812209488
0812209486
1322512531
9781322512532

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