Quiz guide Galileo's Telescope Prologue 15-32

• What is the "object" referred to in paragraph 1? How is it described by optics experts?
• What are some of the things we know about Galileo's "extant telescopes?"
• Why is this book "a crime story"?
• What does "sidereus nuncius" mean?
• 1610 marked anew way of "seeing" and "knowing." What does that mean?
• The author describes a challenge between philosophers "in libris" and the new producers of knowledge. What does that mean? (You may need to Google....)
• Who are some of the "leading players in this story," according to the author?
• What are some of the channels through which the news spread?
• With what did the Archduke of Austria fill his new royal palace?
• Who was Breughel, and what is "unique" about his painting of the Archduke?
• What was the "secret to Lipperhey's success"?
• According to the map on page 33, what happened to the spyglass between September 1608 and August 1609?
• What happened because of "enormous interest in the spyglass's military applications"?
• Who were some of the alleged "fathers" in the battle over "paternity of the spyglass." Explain.
• What does Bentivoglio say about the spy glass?
• Who was Giulio Mancini, and what did he say about the spy glass?
• What does Della Porta say about the spyglass?
• What is new about the use to which Thomas Harriot puts the spyglass?
  

Essay: The author suggests that "places are archives of the truth they have witnessed." Explain what you think he means by this, with reference to a place well known to you.