Who was Galileo?
By: Patricia Brennan Demuth ; illustrated by John O'Brien
Contributors: O'Brien, John, 1953- ill
Series: Who was?; Who was--?
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9780448479859; 9781484447932; 9781489842350
Subjects: Astronomers; Italians; Juvenile literature; Physicists; Biography
Other titles: Galileo?
Description: Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of a sun-centric solar system. Patricia Brennan Demuth offers a sympathetic portrait of a brilliant man who lived in a time when speaking scientific truth to those in power was still a dangerous proposition.

Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge, despite intense political and religious opposition. Galileo is known as the father of modern science.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-105).

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Table of contents: title: Who was Galileo?; title: Boyhood; title: Hungry for knowledge; title: A rebel teacher; title: Happy years; title: Looking at the heavens; title: The starry messenger; title: A very dangerous thing?; title: A masterpiece; title: On trial; title: Final years.