TY - BOOK AU - Sis, Peter TI - Starry Messenger: A book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist Galileo Galilei SN - 9780374470272 U1 - 520.92 PY - 1996/// CY - New York PB - Square Fish KW - Galilei, Galileo KW - Biography KW - 1564-1642 KW - Italy KW - Astronomers KW - Scientists KW - Renaissance KW - Astronomy N1 - 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; UOI How the World Works N2 - 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 ER -