In Italy, 1589, Massimo drops lunch to his uncle from a bridge, so the food falls into his uncle's boat. One day, Galileo notices that the bread and wheel of ch

When the scientist Galileo befriends a bright farm boy, Massimo, the two begin to investigate the science of motion. To test their theories, they conduct one of

This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.

An “intriguing and accessible” (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history’s greatest and most fascinating scientist