Who was Galileo?

"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 h...

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Main Author: Demuth, Patricia (Author)
Other Authors: O'Brien, John, 1953- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015]
Series: Who was-- ?
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Table of Contents:
  • Who was Galileo?
  • Boyhood
  • Hungry for knowledge
  • A rebel teacher
  • Happy years
  • Looking at the heavens
  • The starry messenger
  • A very dangerous thing?
  • A masterpiece
  • On trial
  • Final years.