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Book Detail
Starry Messenger |
Publication Information
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Author: Sis, Peter |
Illustrator: Sis, Peter |
Title: Starry Messenger |
Date: 1996 |
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux |
City: New York, NY |
ISBN, paperback: 0-374-37191-1 |
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
nonfiction, biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
science
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Summary: |
The simply told story of Galileo's life and "house arrest" for his work in physics and astronomy is enriched with historic maps, journal entries and lavish illustrations. |
Teaching Ideas: |
The illustrations provide material to extend the book beyond the scientific accomplishments and elements of biography, e.g., names and dates of other philosopher-scientists such as Aristotle, the similar dates of Shakespeare's life, antique maps, Cosimo de Medici, the triptych form in Renaissance art, walled cities. Teachers might want to encourage journal writing on the topic of intellectual persecution today. Another interesting topic might be a discussion about how Sis developed the idea of the title. The book could be paired with Theodoric's Rainbow and Leonardo Da Vinci to explore the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Physics www.alcyone.com/max/physics; Solar System www.theastronomycafe.com; Galileo www.groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/mathematicians/Galileo.html |
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