Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first
name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa,
Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth
of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not
even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy
turvy with his support of a sun-centric solar system. Patricia Brennan Demuth
offers a sympathetic portrait of a brilliant man who lived in a time when
speaking scientific truth to those in power was still a dangerous proposition.