Starry Messenger A book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist Galileo Galilei

Sis, Peter

Starry Messenger A book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist Galileo Galilei - New York Square Fish 1996 - 1 vol., unpaginated color illus. 30,5/23/0,3 cm Paperback

Caldecott Honor Book
ALA Notable Book
A New York Times Outstanding Children's Book of the Year
A 1996 Scientific American Young Readers Book Award Winner

Describes the life and work of the courageous man who changed the way people saw the galaxy, by offering objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe.



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Galilei, Galileo--Biography--Italy--1564-1642
Astronomers--Scientists--Renaissance

Astronomy

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