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The Resource Galileo Galilei : inventor, astronomer and rebel, by Michael White

Galileo Galilei : inventor, astronomer and rebel, by Michael White

Label
Galileo Galilei : inventor, astronomer and rebel
Title
Galileo Galilei
Title remainder
inventor, astronomer and rebel
Statement of responsibility
by Michael White
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Describes the life and work of the scientist who was persecuted by the Inquisition for his views of the universe
Member of
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1959-2018
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
White, Michael
Dewey number
  • 520.92
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
Index
index present
Interest level
UG
LC call number
QB36.G2
LC item number
W48 1999
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Reading level
8.8
Series statement
Giants of science
Study program name
Accelerated Reader AR
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Galilei, Galileo
  • Galilei, Galileo
  • Galileo
  • Galilei, Galileo
  • Astronomy
  • Inquisition
  • Astronomers
  • Scientists
  • Astronomers
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Galileo Galilei : inventor, astronomer and rebel, by Michael White
Instantiates
Publication
Note
First published in Great Britain by Exley Publications, 1990
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
On trial -- Guilty -- The dialogue -- The Church -- Conflict -- Rebellious views -- To the heart of the Renaissance -- Conflicts -- "The wrangler" -- The pendulum swing -- The first accurate clock -- The end of student life -- The storyteller -- Influential friends -- Pisa again -- "De motu" -- The Leaning Tower of Pisa -- Farewell to Pisa -- Padua -- Happy times -- Problems to solve -- Rolling, not falling -- The idea of acceleration -- The study of ballistics -- Cannonballs -- Supernova -- The birth of the telescope -- The golden opportunity -- Shifting allegiances -- Venus -- "The starry messenger" -- A burning jealousy -- "The assayer" -- Persecution -- House arrest -- Surviving -- "Two new sciences" -- Secret publication -- Final days -- Legacy from a genius
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First U.S. edition
Extent
64 pages
Isbn
9781567113259
Isbn Type
(lib. bdg.)
Lccn
98049141
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill (some color), portraits;
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm40256179
  • (Sirsi) o40256179
  • (TMQ) o40256179
Label
Galileo Galilei : inventor, astronomer and rebel, by Michael White
Publication
Note
First published in Great Britain by Exley Publications, 1990
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
On trial -- Guilty -- The dialogue -- The Church -- Conflict -- Rebellious views -- To the heart of the Renaissance -- Conflicts -- "The wrangler" -- The pendulum swing -- The first accurate clock -- The end of student life -- The storyteller -- Influential friends -- Pisa again -- "De motu" -- The Leaning Tower of Pisa -- Farewell to Pisa -- Padua -- Happy times -- Problems to solve -- Rolling, not falling -- The idea of acceleration -- The study of ballistics -- Cannonballs -- Supernova -- The birth of the telescope -- The golden opportunity -- Shifting allegiances -- Venus -- "The starry messenger" -- A burning jealousy -- "The assayer" -- Persecution -- House arrest -- Surviving -- "Two new sciences" -- Secret publication -- Final days -- Legacy from a genius
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First U.S. edition
Extent
64 pages
Isbn
9781567113259
Isbn Type
(lib. bdg.)
Lccn
98049141
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill (some color), portraits;
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm40256179
  • (Sirsi) o40256179
  • (TMQ) o40256179

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