Galileo for kids : his life and ideas / Richard Panchyk ; foreword by Buzz Aldrin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Panchyk, Richard.

Series:

For Kids series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomers--Italy--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Astronomers.

Physicists--Italy--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Physicists.

Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642--Juvenile literature.

Galilei, Galileo.

Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biography of the man who invented the telescope and proved the earth revolves around the sun. Includes activities.

Contents:

Front Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; FOREWORD BY BUZZ ALDRIN; AUTHOR'S NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; TIME LINE; MAP OF ITALY; 1 Science and Astronomy Before Galileo; Men and Women of Letters; Lunar Observation, Part One; Using Raw Data; 2 Beginnings; Cook a Renaissance Meal; The Pendulum; Make a Pulsilogia; Specific Gravity; 3 Position at Pisa; Gravity Experiment; Properties of the Ellipse; Lodestone Experiment; Lunar Observation, Part Two; Liquid Density; 4 The Telescope; Aperture Experiment; Cast a Shadow; Floating Needle Experiment; Painting Light and Shadow

5 The Storm BuildsPerception of Illumination; Roll of the Dice; Make a Care Package for Galileo; 6 The Two Systems; Relative Motion Experiment; Projectile Motion Experiment; 7 Galileo's Last Days; Accelerated Motion; Beam Strength Game; Vibrating Strings; Charting the Cycloid Curve; RESOURCES; Popes of Galileo's Time; The Grand Dukes of Tuscany During Galileo's Time; Glossary of Key Terms; Glossary of Key People; Glossary of Key Places in Italy; Galileo's Key Writings; Web Sites; Planetariums and Astronomy/Space Museums; Selected Bibliography; INDEX; Other Books From Chicago Review Press

Notes:

"25 activities."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163) and index.

ISBN:

1-61374-187-1

1-56976-374-7

OCLC:

540986329