Galileo Galilei and the science of motion
By: William J. Boerst.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Renaissance scientists
Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Greensboro, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Galilei, Galileo, -- 1564-1642 -- Juvenile literature.; Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Physicists -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Scientists -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Presents the life and work of the famous sixteenth-century Italian astronomer and physicist.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-140) and index.
Table of contents: title: Learning to question; title: On motion; title: Starry messenger; title: Phases of Venus; title: Bodies in water; title: Sunspots; title: Defeat in Rome; title: Assayer; title: Two world systems and a trial; title: Two new sciences.