Galileo Scientist and Stargazer |
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| Author:
| Mitton, Jacqueline |
| Illustrator:
| Ball, Gerry |
| Series title: | What's Their Story? Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-521405-5 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1998 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $12.95 |
Book Description:
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Galileo's revolutionary scientific work brought him into conflict with the authorities but earned him an honored place in history books. He swept away old notions of the universe by observing the skies through a telescope and confirming that the Earth and planets travel around the Sun.
Galileo's revolutionary scientific work brought him into conflict with the authorities but earned him an honored place in history books. He swept away old notions of the universe by observing the skies through a telescope and confirming that the Earth and planets travel around the Sun.