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Galileo's Leaning Tower Experiment

by Wendy Macdonald · 2009

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When the great scientist and professor Galileo meets a bright farm boy, Massimo, the teacher becomes the student. On an ordinary day, Galileo encounters Massimo dropping food from a bridge to his uncle passing below in his boat. This simple action makes G

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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mothersmothersMore like thisLess of this
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picture bookschildrens
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short · 32 pages

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