Galileo for Kids: His Life and Ideas

Galileo, one of history's best-known and most controversial scientists, was a mathematician, astronomer, and engineer of genius who cherished his Catholic faith and argued that science and religion need not clash. He also cared passionately about music and art. Children will love learning about the man who invented the telescope, proved that the earth revolved around the sun, and made countless discoveries about gravity and motion that laid the groundwork for modern astronomy and physics.