Galileo Galilei: First Physicist

by James MacLachlan

Book Overview

The scientific innovations of Galileo Galilei are pivotal to our understanding of the laws of the natural world. Drawing on his diverse studies in philosophy, mathematics, mechanics, music, astronomy, and engineering, Galileo developed revolutionary theories that thoroughly changed the
disciplines of physics, mathematics, astronomy, and technology. Galileo Galilei traces the great scientist's education, describes his maverick experiments in Padua...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195093429
• ISBN13: 9780195093421
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12