Pub. Date: January 2005
Pub: Capstone Pr Inc.
Series: Signature Lives Series
ISBN-13: 9780756508128
ISBN: 0756508126
Annotation
Robinson and Garratt do a fine job instructing readers about Decartes complex ideas and theories by using a comic-book art style, where the main ideas are focused. An excellent idea since the pictures are sure to draw the student’s eye.
Personal Reaction
This is a well-written and structured bio on Coperinus, from his birth to his revolutionary theories and findings. But, Chapter 8 in particular incorporates his life story with an overview of the Scientific Revolution, including the fact that contact with the Far and Middle East helped to spur new Western European thought and thus, invention - the Gutenberg printing press as much as the Protestant Reformation and problems scientists encountered with the Catholic Church. It also goes into the lives of scientists (Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, etc.) who admired Copernicus and built their work on his foundation.
Curricular connections
7th grade California Standards
Annotation by Lori Harris Group 7 project
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