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Author:
Mitton, Jacqueline.
Title:
Galileo : scientist and stargazer / Jacqueline Mitton ; illustrated by Gerry Ball.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
1997
Description:
xxiii, 31 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Galilei, Galileo,--1564-1642--Juvenile literature.
Astronomers--Italy--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Physicists--Italy--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Galileo,--1564-1642.
Astronomers.
Scientists.
Other Authors:
Dunne, Gerry, ill.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
Describes the life and work of the scientist who offered objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe. Told in simple, engaging prose, with splendid color illustrations, this biography reveals how Galileo's work changed our view of the universe. Annotation. Galileo's revolutionary scientific work swept away old notions of the universe. He observed the skies through a telescope and confirmed that the Earth and the other planets travel around the Sun.
Series:
What's their story?
ISBN:
9780195214055
0195214056
LCCN:
97027396
Locations:
NHPD993 -- Belmond Public Library (Belmond)
JGPC815 -- Field-Carnegie Public Library (Odebolt)

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