He's known as "the Father of Modern Science," so of course Galileo deserves a place in the Who Was...? series!
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.
Product code: 9780448479859
| ISBN |
9780448479859 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) |
H194xW135xS6 |
| No. Of Pages |
112 |
| Publisher |
Grosset and Dunlap |
| Series |
Who Was? |
| Illustrated By |
John O'Brien |