Galileo: Pioneer Scientist

by Stillman Drake

Since publication of Stillman Drake's landmark volume, Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography, new and exciting information has come to light about this towering figure in the history of Western science. Drawing largely from Galileo's manuscript working papers, Drake now adds a wealth of detail to the story.

Among the findings he presents in this volume are the steps that led to discovery of the pendulum law and the law of fall, by which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802076076
• ISBN13: 9780802076076
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher