Galileo Galilei : inventor, astronomer and rebel / Michael White.
Pubblicazione:
Woodbridge, Conn. : Blackbirch press, c1999.
Descrizione fisica:
64 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Serie:
Giants of science
Note:
Letteratura per ragazzi
Contiene:
Indice: 1. On trial 2. Guilty 3. The Dialogue 4. The Church 5. Conflict 6. Rebelious views 7. To the hearth of the Renaissance 8. Conflicts 9. The wrangler 10. The pendulum swing 11. The first accurate clock 12. The end of student life 13. The storyteller 14. Influential friends 15. Pisa again 16. De motu 17. The leaning tower of Pisa 18. Farewell to Pisa 19. Padua 20. Happy times 21. Problems to solve 22. Rolling, not falling 23. The idea of acceleration 24. The study of ballistics 25. Cannonballs 26. Supernova 27. The birth of the telescope 28. The golden opportunity 29. Shifting allegiances 30. Venus 31. The starry messenger 32. A burning jealousy 33. The assayer 34. Persecution 35. House arrest 36. Surviving 37. Two new sciences 37. Secret publication 38. Final days 39. Legacy from a genius. Important dates. For more information. Glossary. Index
