40 pages
English language
Published Nov. 3, 2000 by Farrar Straus Giroux.
Starry messenger
a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei
by Peter Sís
Peter Sís: Starry messenger (2000, Farrar Straus Giroux)
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- 978-0-374-47027-2
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Describes the life and work of Galileo who changed the way people saw the galaxy, by offering objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe.
Subjects
- Galilei, Galileo, -- 1564-1642 -- Juvenile literature
- Galileo, -- 1564-1642
- Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Scientists -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Astronomers -- Biography
- Scientists -- Biography