Title:
Galileo : Renaissance scientist and astronomer
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Summary:
Examines the life and achievements of Renaissance scientist and astronomer Galileo, discussing his youth, family, and education, his innovation in testing his ideas with experiments, his teaching career, and his controversial claim that Earth was not the center of the solar system which brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church.
Year Published:
2006
Physical Description:
166 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Early directions -- Born of the Renaissance -- A searching mind -- A new direction -- New posts, new obligations -- An eye to the heavens -- Man of the stars -- A controversy of ideas -- The trial -- The pendulum swings.
Program Information:
Social Studies - Grade 8
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ISBN:
9780791086285
Publisher:
Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.
