The Trial of Galileo: Science Versus the Inquisition (Famous Trials)

the trial of galileo: science versus the inquisition (famous trials)

The Trial of Galileo: Science Versus the Inquisition (Famous Trials)

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School Library Journal : "Useful to students writing reports as well as those interested in famous cases."
-- School Library Journal (September 2002)

Book Description
One of the greatest scientists who ever lived, Galileo was the first person to study the heavens through a telescope. His promotion of the idea that the Sun lay at the center of things prompted the Church to put him on trial, a controversial proceeding examined in detail in this absorbing volume.

Famous Trials - The Trial of Galileo: Science versus the Inquisition (Famous Trials),Davis,Lucent Books,1590184238,1564-1642,Astronomers,Biography,Biography & Autobiography - General,Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology,Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography,Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9),Galilei, Galileo,,Inquisition,Italy,Juvenile Nonfiction,Juvenile literature,Law & Crime,Rome,Trials (Heresy),Trials, litigation, etc,Humanities,Juvenile Nonfiction / General

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