Who Was Galileo?
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Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780448479859
- ISBN-10: 0448479850
- Publisher: Penguin Workshop
- Publish Date: February 2015
- Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.26 pounds
- Page Count: 112
- Reading Level: Ages 8-11
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