Galileo : astronomer and physicist
(2008, original release: 1997)
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
Y/BIOGRAPHY/520/GALILEO/HIG
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Berkeley Heights, N.J. : Enslow Publishers, [2008]
©2008
©2008
EDITION
Revised edition
DESCRIPTION
128 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780766030084, 0766030083, 0766030083 :
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
Originally published: Springfield, NJ, USA : Enslow Publishers, c1997
Galileo's early years -- A new career -- The leaning Tower of Pisa -- A new star appears -- The telescope -- Fame and fortune -- Spots on the sun -- A visit to Rome -- Galileo's dialogue -- The trial -- A prisoner at home -- The foundation of experimental science moons and planets
"A biography of seventeenth-century Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo and includes related activities for readers"--Provided by publisher