Galileo and the Stargazers

This was a fun engaging book that my children enjoyed listening to together. We learned a lot and look forward to learning more.......more

Jim Weiss has a talent for pulling out the details of historical figures' lives in ways that stick in the minds of kids (and adults, for that matter). The girls were amazed (and amused) by Archimedes' bathtub discovery, by Tycho Brahe's missing nose, and by the travails of Galileo. A fun, informativ......more

We listened to this in the car. I don't know how much the boys actually listened, but I thought it was pretty captivating for a young audience. The reader did all the voices, which made it interesting, though a little ridiculous. Did Johannes Kepler really have a voice like that? Heaven forbid! It w......more

LOVED the story of Archimedes and the golden crown! My kids giggled and giggled. It'll be great to revisit that story with the periodic table!......more

Getting ready to learn physics!! Helpful.......more