World History Biographies: Galileo

World History Biographies: Galileo The Genius Who Charted the Universe - National Geographic World History Biographies

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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 teachings of the Catholic Church, and brought Galileo before the judges of the Inquisition. He spent his final years under house arrest.

Galileo's genius lay in the way he approached scientific problems. He reduced problems to simple terms on the basis of experience and common-sense logic. Then he analyzed and resolved the problems according to simple mathematical descriptions, thus opening the way for the development of modern mathematical physics.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781426302954
Publisher: Disney Publishing Group
Imprint: National Geographic Kids
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 64
Weight: 181g
Height: 241mm
Width: 170mm
Spine width: 13mm