Galileo Galilei and the science of motion /
William J. Boerst.
- 1st ed.
- Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub., c2004.
- 144 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Renaissance scientists .
Learning to question -- On motion -- Starry messenger -- Phases of Venus -- Bodies in water -- Sunspots -- Defeat in Rome -- Assayer -- Two world systems and a trial -- Two new sciences.
Presents the life and work of the famous sixteenth-century Italian astronomer and physicist.