Galileo Galilei
No. of pages 48
Published: 2001
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This book is part of a book series called Scientists Who Made History .
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2001 by Hachette Children's Group .
Dr Mike Goldsmith works at the UK's National Physical Laboratory. He has worked on a variety of science topics, including sound and space. He has written several books for children.
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Galileo
Galileo was an Italian astronomer during the Renaissance period; his name 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 with which he was able to observe the heavens. He turned long held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of the Heliocentric view of the heavens (that the earth goes round the sun). A brilliant man who lived in a time when speaking scientific truth to those in power was still a dangerous preposition.
'A superb series...These books would be excellent both for a library and for children and teachers to read as part of a science course.' -- TES 20030110
