Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Galileo Galilei (SparkNotes Biography Guide)
    Unavailable
    Galileo Galilei (SparkNotes Biography Guide)
    Unavailable
    Galileo Galilei (SparkNotes Biography Guide)
    Ebook71 pages45 minutes

    Galileo Galilei (SparkNotes Biography Guide)

    By SparkNotes

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    Galileo Galilei (SparkNotes Biography Guide)
    Making the reading experience fun!

    SparkNotes Biography Guides examine the lives of historical luminaries, from Alexander the Great to Virginia Woolf. Each biography guide includes:An examination of the historical context in which the person lived
    A summary of the person’s life and achievements
    A glossary of important terms, people, and events
    An in-depth look at the key epochs in the person’s career
    Study questions and essay topics
    A review test
    Suggestions for further reading
    Whether you’re a student of history or just a student cramming for a history exam, SparkNotes Biography guides are a reliable, thorough, and readable resource.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSparkNotes
    Release dateAug 12, 2014
    ISBN9781411472310
    Unavailable
    Galileo Galilei (SparkNotes Biography Guide)

    Read more from Spark Notes

    Related authors

    Related to Galileo Galilei (SparkNotes Biography Guide)

    Related ebooks

    Biography & Memoir For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Galileo Galilei

      Feb 28, 2020

      Galileo Galilei
      4 min read

    • Article

      GALILEO vs The Inquisicion

      Jul 13, 2023

      GALILEO vs The Inquisicion
      8 min read

    • Article

      Galileo Galilei

      Jul 14, 2023

      Galileo Galilei
      3 min read

    • Article

      Giovanni Battista Riccioli

      Nov 7, 2019

      Giovanni Battista Riccioli
      2 min read

    • Article

      Johannes Kepler

      Nov 18, 2021

      The fundamentals of astronomy for beginners A kig figure in the scientific revolution of the 17th century, Johannes Kepler was an astronomer, mathematician, astrologer and staunch Lutheran. He was born on 27 December 1571 into a lower middle-class fa

      3 min read

    • Article

      Governing the Planets

      Jul 10, 2019

      Governing the Planets
      9 min read

    • Article

      Galileo Galilei

      Aug 11, 2022

      Galileo Galilei
      1 min read

    • Article

      When the Heavens Stopped Being Perfect

      Mar 29, 2018

      I have in my hand a little book titled The Starry Messenger (Sidereus Nuncius in its original Latin), written by the Italian mathematician and scientist Galileo Galilei in 1610. There were 550 books in the first printing of Messenger. One hundred and

      11 min read

    • Article

      Who killed Tycho Brahe?

      Aug 15, 2019

      Next time the Moon is close to full, grab a pair of binoculars and take a closer look. The most obvious feature of all, standing out brightly amid the grey lunar plains, is a large, prominent crater surrounded by a bright series of streaks that radia

      8 min read

    • Article

      The Joy of Cosmic Mediocrity

      Dec 26, 2019

      One of the greatest debates in the long history of astronomy has been that of exceptionalism versus mediocrity—and one of the great satisfactions of modern times has been watching the arguments for mediocrity emerge triumphant. Far more than just a h

      10 min read

    • Article

      Top Ten Unsung Geniuses: For these scientists, success and fame did not come in equal measure.

      Oct 16, 2014

      It’s easy to name science and math geniuses. I can just flip open my old book from the 1960s, which lists “100 Great Scientists”; it contains all the names you’d find on most popular lists of scientific geniuses: Einstein, Newton, Maxwell, Gauss, Boh

      5 min read

    • Article

      Other Astronomers We Should Remember

      Aug 3, 2022

      Astronomy as we know it today had its start in Europe around the start of the 17th century. The Greeks and the Muslims had made discoveries earlier, but they were shackled by a conviction that the Earth was the centre of the cosmos, and by a confusio

      3 min read

    • Article

      Father, Son And The Changing Universe

      Jun 9, 2021

      When we think of the people who started modern astronomy, 400 or 500 years ago — liberating it from the erroneous concepts that had held it back for a thousand years or more — some names come quickly to mind. The great Galileo of course, plus Coperni

      2 min read

    • Article

      Do You Know These Scientific Pioneers?

      Nov 25, 2020

      It’s easy to name science and math geniuses. I can just flip open my old book from the 1960s, which lists “100 Great Scientists”; it contains all the names you’d find on most popular lists of scientific geniuses: Einstein, Newton, Maxwell, Gauss, Boh

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Power Of Ptolemy

      Apr 6, 2022

      How can we objectively assess the contribution to astronomy of a person whose major writing is commonly dubbed ‘The Greatest,’ whose theories held sway over astronomical thought for 1,500 years, but which are now judged as putting astronomers on the

      3 min read

    • Article

      The not-quite-so Dark Ages

      Jun 8, 2023

      The not-quite-so Dark Ages
      3 min read

    • Article

      If Not Darwin, Who?: An alternative history of the great ideas of science.

      Dec 15, 2016

      What would physics look like if Einstein had never existed, or biology without Darwin? In one view, nothing much would change—the discoveries they made and theories they devised would have materialized anyway sooner or later. That’s the odd thing abo

      13 min read

    • Article

      Reach For The Stars

      Jun 17, 2020

      Reach For The Stars
      3 min read

    • Article

      Copernicus Blazed A Trail For Early Astronomers To Follow

      Dec 31, 2019

      Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo each played a role in furthering the study of the heavens, as L.S. Fauber amply demonstrates in “Heaven on Earth.”

      3 min read

    • Article

      Ptolemy

      Jan 18, 2024

      The fundamentals of astronomy for beginners Claudius Ptolemaeus (circa AD 100–170), better known as Ptolemy, was a GrecoRoman astronomer, mathematician, geographer and cartographer. He was a citizen of Alexandria, Egypt, in the 2nd century AD. Althou

      2 min read

    • Article

      Galileo And The Telescope

      May 3, 2021

      If you were to ever find yourself strolling through the Mueseo Galileo in the city of Florence, Italy, you would likely chance upon a rather ordinary object. At least, that’s what it looks like at first glance. Do give it a second peek, as this relic

      1 min read

    • Article

      Isaac Newton

      Dec 15, 2022

      The fundamentals of astronomy for beginners Tis month marks the 380th anniversary of the birth of Sir Isaac Newton, one of the most celebrated figures in scientific history, whose wide-ranging contributions touched almost every aspect of modern scien

      2 min read

    Reviews for Galileo Galilei (SparkNotes Biography Guide)

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words