Galileo Galilei [Library Binding]

Michael White (Author)

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Library Binding: 64 pages
Publisher: Blackbirch Press; illustrated edition edition (August 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1567113257
ISBN-13: 978-1567113259
Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 17.5 x 1.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 349 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,899,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Gr 5-8-Both of these books are engaging and clearly written. Full-captioned color and black-and-white reproductions and photographs as well as boxed quotes enhance the text on almost every page. Galileo covers the life and accomplishments of the great scientist and is full of the drama of persecution, court trials, and house arrests. White does an excellent job of explaining the background of the conflict between the scientists of the time and the Catholic Church. He also includes many interesting tidbits, such as the fact that Galileo timed things by taking his pulse and then subsequently discovered the pendulum, which led to the invention of clocks and timekeeping. Newton's life was no less interesting, though not as strife ridden. At the age of 26, he became the youngest mathematics professor to teach at Cambridge. This position and his discoveries made his colleagues jealous, leading to charges of lying and fraud. Nevertheless, he was the first scientist ever to be knighted. This book is more visually appealing and engaging than Deborah Hitzeroth and Sharon Leon's Sir Isaac Newton (Lucent, 1994; o.p.). Each volume concludes with a time line of important events in the scientists' lives. Excellent additions to the science collections of school and public libraries.-Maren Ostergard, Bellevue Regional Library, WA

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5.0 out of 5 stars A True Giant of Science!, Nov 15 2005

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"The mathematician and physicist Galileo Galilei is one of the most famous scientists of all times. The story of his life and times, of his epoch-making experiments and discoveries, of his stubbornness and pride, of his patrons in the house of Medici, of his enemies and friends in their struggle for truth - all is brought vividly to life in this book. Atle N'ss has written a gripping account of one of the great figures in European history.He was awarded the Brage Prize, the most prestigious literary prize in Norway." (review from First Science Online Newsletter)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Invenor, Astronomer, and Rebel, Mar 16 2005

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Galileo Galilei was one of the world's greatest scientist. He develope the telescope. With it, he discovered Jupiter's moons and hundreds of stars. He declared that Earth was not in the centre of the universe with the sun revolving around it. Galileo proved that the Earth was acctually revolving around the sun. The Church found out and home arrested Galileo. Galileo's methods was the birth of modern science.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Inventor, Astronomer, and Rebel, Mar 16 2005

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This review is from: Galileo Galilei (Library Binding)

Galileo Galilei was one of the world's greatest scientist. He developed the telescope. With it, he discovered Jupiter's moon and hundreds of stars. He declared that Earth was not in the centre of the universe with the sun revolving around it. Galileo proved that the Earth was acctually revolving around the sun. The Church found out and home arrested him. Galileo's methods was the birth of modern science.

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