Like Michelangelo Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa Italy in the sixteenth century Galileo contributed to the eras great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of a sun-centric solar system. Patricia Brennan Demuth offers a sympathetic portrait of a brilliant man who lived in a time when speaking scientific truth to those in power was still a dangerous proposition.