Galileo Galilei: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of Physicists)

You never know what you are going to get with an Hourly History book. Some are excellent and a few slide toward the opposite end of the spectrum. This book on Galileo Galilei sits somewhere in the middle.The author spends time telling readers how important Galileo is to the world of science, yet glosses over his accomplishments with quick, one-sentence explanations that fail to educate exactly why Galileo's discoveries were important. The chapter on his trial by the Roman Catholic Church offered some details concerning the teachings of the books, and was the best part of the book far as offering information.The most glaring issue with the book is the writing style itself. The book could use a good editing, and much of the time reads like an average essay written by a student. For instance, the beginning of the sentence "Most of history has referred to Galileo as Galileo..." is understandable yet flawed. An editor might have changed this to something like "Most written history has referred to Galilei as Galileo" in order to convey the author's meaning.If this was a solitary instance of mangling the English language, it could have been overlooked. Unfortunately, these types of errors are spread throughout the book, and some paragraphs contain unrelated items that would have been better served if the author had provided more details on each subject.Fulfilling its usual promise, Hourly History will provide highlights from Galileo Galilei's life and present them in a concise form that can be read in an hour or less. Readers who struggle through the author's presentation will gain some insight into the man's life. Two-and-a-half stars.

It is impeccable to read this book after Hourly History’s “Inquisition.”(Hourly History, "Galileo Galilei", Location 18)Galileo was a great man. Where that greatness came from is still being debated in the twenty-first century. He changed the world in ways others could not; not by all of the disciplines he surrounded himself with, but in the ways be brought controversies, arguments, and problems of his time to center-stage, where they came into conflict with the culture of the day...If ignorance and stubbornness can be simply called a culture lol Well, unavoidable ignorance of the time though, but the stubbornness, they got no excuse, and it's the same today.(Kindle Location 25)“To be great is to be misunderstood.” —Ralph Waldo EmersonThis has to be because of the unavoidable ignorance of the time, so no blame on the innocent.(Kindle Locatiom 145)When Galileo published The Starry Messenger, many individuals were skeptical. Reactions ranged from great praise to disbelief to hostility...Today we all know what kind of people those who were skeptical or hostile towards Galileo's reports really were.(Kindle Location 164)...Many leading astronomers and philosophers of the day refused to believe that a man like Galileo could have uncovered such a momentous discovery.The fear of losing their authority.(Kindle Location 158)"...the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble REASONING of a single individual.” —Galileo GalileiThe book seems brief, but clearly helps us know the life and struggle of Galileo Galilei and the true face of our world that tends to accept what it wants be true, not what’s really true and right.What kindda world we’d be living if his works were still denied today?As we are more rational than those who lived before us, now we know what’s right for our world to be a better place for us and our children. We know what we should do for that. Being ignorant is just innocent, but not practicing what we think is right is a sin and crime to our next generations who gotta suffer the consequence.

Galileo Galilei was born in Pica, Italy in 1564 during the Discovery Era. Galileo became known as Galileo when people began calling him by his first name. He was a mathematician, a teacher, a lecturer, a true Renaissance Man, well educated, he loved Art and Poetry, played the lute and compromised music. In 1609 he invented the telescope which opened up a whole new world for him. He discovered the Milky Way in the galaxy, discovered Jupiter and it's moons and he studies Saturn and Vensus. He wrote and published 'The Starry Messenger'.Galileo was an amazing man in all his studies and adventures. Five centuries later people are still studying his life and is admiring him as a great man. This is one man changed the world in many ways. Some years of his life was rough but he never gave up. The book is very educational and entertaining, what a great world we live in. I Thank all the authors for writing these Hourly History Books, they are so educational. I enjoy reading them.

Galileo Galilei: A Life From Beginning to End is now my one of my favorite Hourly History book so far. I thorougly enjoyed reading every single chapter of this book. It was all so interesting and I loved learning more about Galileo's life and accomplishments.I'm super intrigued by a lot of people who lived in the Italian Renaissance but I've always been especially interested by Galileo Galilei, his genius and the way he challenged the Church. He's one of my favorite historical figures to read about. And obviously without him and his discoveries I'm sure we wouldn't be where we are today.This quick read gives us information about things like his early life, his controversial theories, his trial and when he passed away. Like I said I loved reading every chapter so this time I couldn't say what my favorite was. I did enjoy reading about the beginning of his career a lot, though.Overall, yet another great Hourly History book that I enjoyed so much. I learned a few new things about Galileo, which is always a bonus for me with nonfiction. Definitely recommended!

One of the best hourly history so far.

I didn't know the story of Galileo and found it fascinating. amazing how people of that day and age could come out with such discoveries.

Usual excellent standard excellent as always

Easy to read and most importantly, understand. Several facts never heard before. An excellent book, well written and laid out.

I learned something - so i can't be bad!