| Publication |
Great Britain, QED Publishing, 2006.
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| Description |
64pPale Green Spine
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| Series |
Great Lives
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| Summary/Abstract |
Describes the life of Galileo Galilee who was one of the first scientists to use the newly invented telescope to study the night sky and who postulated and maintained, even in the face of trial and possible death, that the earth revolved around the sun.
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| Contents |
GALILEO'S CHILDHOOD
A scientist is born
Going to school
Italy in Galileo's time
Everyday life
STUDENT AND TEACHER
The student
The teacher
New ideas
An eye on the heavens
Family matters
Sun, moon and stars
INQUISITION
Trouble ahead
Friends and enemies
The trial
THE FINAL YEARS
House arrest
What we know now
Spreading the word
The fading light
After Galileo
Glossary
Bibliography and index
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| Standard Number |
1845382056 Hb.
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