TY - BOOK AU - Demuth,Patricia AU - O'Brien,John TI - Who was Galileo? T2 - Who was...? SN - 9780448479859 AV - B QB 36 G158D 2015 U1 - 520.92 PY - 2015/// CY - New York, New York PB - Penguin Workshop KW - Galilei, Galileo, KW - Galilei, Galileo, KW - Astronomers KW - Italy KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Astrónomos KW - Italia KW - Biografías KW - Literatura juvenil KW - Physicists KW - Físicos N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 104); Who was Galileo? -- Boyhood -- Hungry for knowledge -- A rebel teacher -- Happy years -- Looking at the heavens -- The starry messenger -- A very dangerous thing? -- A masterpiece -- On trial -- Final years; Ages 8-12 N2 - "Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of a sun-centric solar system. Patricia Brennan Demuth offers a sympathetic portrait of a brilliant man who lived in a time when speaking scientific truth to those in power was still a dangerous proposition"-- ER -