Secrets in the Skies: Galileo and the Astonishing Solar System
Author:   James Weston Lewis ,  Giles Sparrow
Publisher:   Hachette Children's Group
ISBN:  

9781526360014


Pages:   48
Publication Date:   06 February 2020
Recommended Age:   From 6 to 11 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   James Weston Lewis ,  Giles Sparrow
Publisher:   Hachette Children's Group
Imprint:   Wren & Rook
Dimensions:   Width: 25.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 31.80cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9781526360014


ISBN 10:   1526360012
Pages:   48
Publication Date:   06 February 2020
Recommended Age:   From 6 to 11 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children's (6-12)
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   To order   Availability explained

Table of Contents

4: Dangerous Fall 6: Secrets in the Skies 14: Godly Thinking 16: Change in the Heavens 18: The Boy from Pisa 20: The Inventive Genius 22: The Telescope 25: The Far-seeing Eye 26: The Starry Messenger 29: Allies and Enemies 30: Against the Inquisition 32: The Dangerous Dialogue 34: The Trial 36: And Yet, It Moves! 38: Seeing Past the Stories 40: In Galileo's Footsteps 42: Touching the Stars 44: How the Solar System Really Works 46: Glossary

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Giles Sparrow (Author) Giles Sparrow is an author specializing in astronomy and physics. He has written about everything from space technology to the history of science. James Weston Lewis (Illustrator) Born in Bath, James moved to Oxfordshire when he was 5 where he grew up in a small village. He did an Art Foundation degree at Oxford Brookes University and then moved to Bristol to study Illustration at the University of the West of England, where he specialised in Print. James now lives in Lewisham in South London. His first book, The Great Fire of London, was longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal

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