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Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Dramatization of Galileo Galilei's life, including his scientific achievements and his defense of his controversial theory that the earth revolves around the sun. Also includes how letters from his illegitimate daughter, Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun, have shed new light on Galileo's discoveries and his trial for heresy.
108) Space heroes
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Illustrated with LEGO figures, this book profiles four women who have been integral to NASA's space program, helping to develop the Hubble Space Telescope, create computer code to send spacecraft to the moon, and work onboard the space shuttle.
110) Shifting Earth
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"In a not-so-distant future, a freak particle storm has landed botanist Dr. Maeve Millay on an idyllic yet strange parallel Earth, with no way back home. Here, two moons rule society, and nature outshines science. But just like her own climate ravaged planet, this verdant Earth has a sinister side. Children are rare. Humans must serve a purpose or pay an unthinkable price. Astronomer Zuzi battles this underlying darkness every day-- just like Maeve...
111) Contact/ Sphere
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Contact: Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
Sphere: Officials find a spaceship that plunged into the Pacific 300 years ago.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Deep in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, three times farther from the sun than the Earth is, orbits a massive asteroid called (16) Psyche. It is one of the largest objects in the belt, potentially containing the equivalent of the world’s total economy in metals, though they cannot be brought back to Earth. But (16) Psyche has the potential to unlock something even more valuable: the story of how planets form, and how our planet formed....
113) Galileo's telescope
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Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Galileo's telescope is discovered by Digby and his sister Hannah in Mr. Rummage's stall at a busy antiques market. The children listen to Mr. Rummage's tale of the person who owned it.
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Pub. Date
2004.
Description
Galileo's trial by the Inquisition is one of the most dramatic incidents in the history of science and religion. Today, we tend to see this event in black and white--Galileo all white, the Church all black. Galileo in Rome presents a much more nuanced account of Galileo's relationship with Rome. The book offers a fascinating account of the six trips Galileo made to Rome, from his first visit at age 23, as an unemployed mathematician, to his...
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Narrator Jim Weiss brings you inspiring true stories of heroic scientists who risked everything for the truth. This collection of true stories of brave scientists includes Archimedes and his famous "Eureka!" moment, Galileo's telescope, Isaac Newton's discoveries, and more.
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