Galileo
Subtitle: astronomer and physicist
By: Paul Hightower.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Great minds of science
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780766030084
Subjects: Galilei, Galileo, -- 1564-1642 -- Juvenile literature; Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Physicists -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: "A biography of seventeenth-century Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo and includes related activities for readers"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally published:  Springfield, NJ, USA : Enslow Publishers, c1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Galileo's early years; title: A new career; title: The leaning Tower of Pisa; title: A new star appears; title: The telescope; title: Fame and fortune; title: Spots on the sun; title: A visit to Rome; title: Galileo's dialogue; title: The trial; title: A prisoner at home; title: The foundation of experimental science  moons and planets.