num_pages: 100
description: A mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, Italian-born Galileo was the first to study the skies with a refracting telescope. In 1610, he made major discoveries relating to the moon, the Milky Way, Jupiter's four large moons, sunspots, and the phases of Venus.
language: English
title: Galileo: Renaissance Scientist And Astronomer
titlecomplete: Galileo: Renaissance Scientist And Astronomer (Makers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Chelsea House Pub (Library)