Galileo: The Genius Who Faced the Inquisition by Philip Steele

Galileo: The Genius Who Faced the Inquisition

World History Biographies

Philip Steele

64 pages first pub 2005 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative medium-paced
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Galileo made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover important new facts about astronomy. His observations led him to support Copernicus's claim that Earth and the other planets circled the sun. This conflicted with the tea...

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