ISBN:
9780812209488
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (320 pages)
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Eager, Claire [Rezension von: Reeves, Eileen, Evening News: Optics, Astronomy, and Journalism in Early Modern Europe] 2015
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DDC:
306.4509409032
Keywords:
Journalism -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
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Newspaper publishing -- Effect of technological innovations on -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
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Optics -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
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Astronomy -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
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Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
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Astronomy ; Social aspects ; Europe ; History ; 17th century
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Europe ; Intellectual life ; 17th century
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Journalism ; Europe ; History ; 17th century
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Newspaper publishing ; Effect of technological innovations on ; Europe ; History ; 17th century
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Optics ; Social aspects ; Europe ; History ; 17th century
;
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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.
Abstract:
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.
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