Titre:
Galileo : Renaissance scientist and astronomer
PERSONAL_AUTHOR_EPSB:
Sommaire:
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.
Date de publication comme intervalle:
2006
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Description matérielle:
166 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Table des matières:
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.
Informations sur le programme:
Social Studies - Grade 8
Vedette-matière - nom de personne:
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9780791086285
Informations de publication:
Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.
