Galileo and the Magic Numbers

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 fre...