Starry Messenger A book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist Galileo Galilei

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WellRead Books (US)

Bookseller’s Inventory #

33366

Title

Starry Messenger A book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist Galileo Galilei

Author

Sis, Peter created and illustrated by

Book condition

second hand

Quantity available

1

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (1996)

Keywords

Children, Biography, Astronomy, Scientists

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Children;

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