| Galileo: Renaissance Scientist & Astronomer Contributor(s): McNeese, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791086283 ISBN-13: 9780791086285 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Library Binding Published: September 2005 Annotation: A mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, Italian-born Galileo was the first to study the skies with a refracting telescope. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005007494 |
| Series: Makers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.74" W x 9.54" (1.09 lbs) 166 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Galileo was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He is also noted for being the first to study the skies with a refracting telescope. In one year - 1610 - he made major discoveries relating to the moon, Milky Way, Jupiter's four large moons, sunspots, and the phases of Venus. |