Author(s): Patricia Brennan Demuth
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 112
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2015-02-05
Dimensions: 139.7 x 190.5 x 12.7mm
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Edition: Bound for Schools & Libraries ed.
Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

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.