Galileo and the Stargazers: Including Archimedes and the Golden Crown (Galileo and the Stargazers)

Jim Weiss

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9781882513468: Galileo and the Stargazers: Including Archimedes and the Golden Crown (Galileo and the Stargazers)

ISBN 10: 1882513460 ISBN 13: 9781882513468

Publisher: GREATHALL PRODUCTIONS, 1999

Inspiring True stories of heroic scientists who risked everything for the truth. includes: Archimedes, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Galileo and Isaac Newton

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About the Author:

Jim Weiss's story recordings and books offer a welcoming doorway into the world’s greatest stories from literature and history. His vivid retellings of the classics have received more than one hundred major awards from organizations such as the American Library Association, Parents' Choice Foundation, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, and Film Advisory Board. More importantly, the stories form the heart of daily learning and meaningful entertainment in households and schools around the world.To hear Jim tell a story is to become swept up in the tale. He includes information about people and events behind the stories, and encourages children to read the original classics, on their own or with the help of more experienced readers. So listeners leave the storyteller's circle inspired to learn even more and to develop their own creative gifts. Jim Weiss believes the joy of reading, writing and creative activity begins in the presence of the storyteller.For performance availability, distribution information, or additional titles, please visit www.welltrainedmind.com or www.jimweiss.com.

From AudioFile:

Jim Weiss is not only an exceptional narrator, he's a gifted writer, as well. GALILEO AND THE STARGAZERS dramatizes the work of Ptolemy, Kepler and the Italian master himself as they slowly pieced together the mysteries of the heavens. It also includes the famous story of Archimedes's naked sprint through the streets after discovering the principle of buoyancy in his bath. Weiss uses clear language without dumbing down the grand ideas. Accents and unique voices aren't his strong point, and a few of his choices are odd or cloying, but these are few. Mostly the reader is coaxed into the story by Weiss's own endearingly smooth delivery. D.B. � AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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