Book
Galileo and the Magic Numbers
by Sidney Rosen
- Published
- 1958
- Genre
- Biography
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Pages
- 212
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4192378-galileo-and-the-magic-numbers?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 11–14
- Ambleside year
- Year 6 onwards · ages 11–14
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
A biography of the 16th-century mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who dared to question the scientific theories set up by Aristotle and the Church.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780316757041
- ISBN-10
- 0316757047
Tags
BiographyCatholicismGalileoInquisitionNonfictionScienceScience-AstronomyScience-MathematicsScience-Physics