Galileo and the Magic Numbers
| By: | Sidney Rosen |
| Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. |
| Print ISBN: | 9781497632141 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781497632141 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1958 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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This "enjoyable" biography of the brilliant astronomer will intrigue young people who are "bored with the textbook approach to science" ( The New York Times Book Review). Sixteenth century Italy produced Galileo, a genius who marked the world with his studies and hypotheses about mathematical, physical, and astronomical truths. His father, musician Vincenzio Galilei said, "Truth is not found behind a man's reputation. Truth appears only when the answers to questions are searched out by a free mind. This is not the easy path in life but it is the most rewarding." Galileo challenged divine law and the physics of Aristotle, and questioned everything in search of truths. And it was through this quest for truth that he was able to establish a structure for modern science.