Galileo. His Life and Work
Subtitle: With Portraits and Illustrations
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: November 22, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9781421273136
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
First sentence: GALILEO GALILEI, one of the earliest and, perhaps, one of the greatest of the experimental philosophers of the modern world, and the father of telescopic astronomy, is generally known in history by his baptismal name, Galileo, alone, in accordance with a custom of the Italians to call their great men by their Christian names, or by nicknames derived from some peculiarity of the individual or from the place of his birth.