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Renaissance genius : Galileo Galilei & his legacy to modern science / David Whitehouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitehouse, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642--Influence.
- Galilei, Galileo.
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
- Astronomers--Italy--Biography.
- Astronomers.
- Italy.
- Science, Renaissance.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages : illustrations, (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sterling, [2009]
- Contents:
- Medieval madrigals
- The hidden laws of nature
- The perspiculum
- The starry messenger
- The face of the Inquisition
- Heresy
- But it does move
- A shrunken universe
- Science rising.
- Notes:
- "A Springwood book."--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-225) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781402769771
- 1402769776
- OCLC:
- 434563173
- Publisher Number:
- 99935909022
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