Product Description: Questioning established knowledge isnt usually a popular course of action. Galileo learned this throughout his life as he tested scientific theories using mathematical calculations. He challenged the Catholic Church and Aristotle, which got him into trouble, but also added him to the pantheon of great scientists...read more

This title in the GENIUS SCIENTISTS AND THEIR GENIUS IDEAS series is the perfect introduction to the life and work of the amazing scientist, Galileo. Many historians credit Galileo as the "founder of modern experimental science." But his life was not easy. His outspoken beliefs and discoveries earned him many enemies. The Roman Catholic Church disagreed with Galileo regarding Earths position in the universe. The Church punished him and he spent the rest of his life under house arrest.

Acclaimed author-illustrator Bonnie Christensen adopts the voice of Galileo and lets him tell his own tale in this outstanding picture book biography. The first person narration gives this book a friendly, personal feel that makes Galileo's remarkable achievements and ideas completely accessible to young readers. And Christensen's artwork glows with the light of the stars he studied.Galileo's contributions were so numerous—the telescope! the microscope!—and his ideas so world-changing—the sun-centric solar system!—that Albert Einstein called him "the father of modern science." But in his own time he was branded a heretic and imprisoned in his home. He was a man who insisted on his right to pursue the truth, no matter what the cost—making his life as interesting and instructive as his ideas.

Product Description: Galileo's revolutionary scientific work brought him into conflict with the authorities of his time, but earned him an honored place in the history books. He swept away old notions of the universe by observing the skies through a telescope and confirming that the Earth and planets travel round the Sun...read more

Describes the life and work of Galileo, who changed the way people perceived the galaxy by offering objective evidence that the Earth was not the fixed center of the universe.

Product Description: Galileo, one of history's best-known scientists, is introduced in this illuminating activity book. Children will learn how Galileo's revolutionary discoveries and sometimes controversial theories changed his world and laid the groundwork for modern astronomy and physics...read more

Highlights the life and accomplishments of well-known astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei using rhyming text and pull-out tabs of detailed information about his experiments.

Galileo, one of history's best-known scientists, is introduced in an illuminating activity book which includes experiments in astronomy and physics and a discussion of Galileo's passion for music and art. Original.

Product Description: A biography profiling the life of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who shared the beliefs of the controversial astronomer Copernicus that the Earth revolved around the sun. Eventually Galielo was found guilty of heresy by the Roman Catholic Church, and forced to live under house arrest for the final years of his life...read more

Presents the life and accomplishments of the astronomer, philosopher, and physicist who changed the way scientists work by insisting that ideas must be tested by accurate experiments that could be repeated.

Discusses the early childhood, education, interests, and inventions of teacher, mathematician, and philosopher Galileo Galilei, as well as how his studies led to conflict with the Church and tradition.

Examines the life of the Nobel Prize-winning Italian physicist who, among other achievements, developed the world's first nuclear reactor as part of the effort to create the first nuclear bomb.

Presents the life and work of the famous sixteenth-century Italian astronomer and physicist.

Introduces the life and accomplishments of Galileo Galilei, with highlights of his discoveries and their significance in today's world. (view table of contents)

Profiles the life of Galileo Galilei, focusing on his defense of the Copernican theory and his struggles with the Catholic Church.

Examines the personality, thought processes, scientific discoveries, and life of an important figure who helped to shape our understanding of the natural world

A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose work led to the discovery of nuclear fission, the basis of nuclear power and the atom bomb

Describes the life and work of the scientist who offered objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe

A look at the life and career of the famed Italian-born physicist and Nobel Prize winner describes how Fermi sensed possibilities in the mysteries of the atom and follows his quest to put atomic power to responsible use.