Great Astronomers: Galileo Galilei

by Robert Stawell Ball

Overview

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism, which held that the Earth is not the center of the universe and that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun. Galileo has been called the father of modern observational astronomy, the...

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161973547
Publisher:	Angela Rowling
Publication date:	09/21/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
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