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Product Detail

400 Years of the Telescope
400 Years of the Telescope
Closed captioned: Yes
60 min on 1 DVD

Expected Availability: 12/17/2009
List $24.99
Member $21.24
 
A documentary following the history of the telescope from the days of Copernicus to recent findings from the Hubble Telescope; 400 Years of the Telescope opens in 17th century Florence, Italy, with Galileo training his spyglass on the heavens and discovering that Jupiter has four moons; Venus has phases like the Moon; and most shocking of all: the Earth is not the center of the universe.

- Widescreen 16x9 Anamorphic
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Item # WG4643
2009

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