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3) Galileo
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and work of the scientist who was persecuted by the Inquisition for his views of the universe.
4) I, Galileo
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of the Italian scientist from a first-person perspective that surveys his achievements while covering his world-changing ideas about a heliocentric solar system and his imprisonment for heresy.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Like Michelangelo, Galileo is a Renaissance great known by just his first name. It is a name 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 and was persecuted...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1992.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life and discoveries of Galileo, the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who challenged ideas more than a thousand years old and changed the course of science.
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