Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei / created and illustrated by Peter Sis for Frances Foster Books at Farrar Straus Giroux, New York.

Author
Sís, Peter, 1949- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996.
Description
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

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    Summary note
    Describes the life and work of the courageous man who changed the way people saw the galaxy, by offering objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe.
    Notes
    Last page printed inside flyleaf.
    Binding note
    purple bds w/title stamped on spine, color illus. d.j. Color illus. e.p.
    ISBN
    • 0374371911
    • 9780374371913
    LCCN
    95044986
    OCLC
    33361314
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