[nabs-l] Inspire budding scientists with 'Galileo's Leaning Tower Experiment!'

[Tony Grima]

January 2012 Book Club Selection
Galileo's Leaning Tower Experiment
By Wendy Macdonald
Print/braille edition, $7.95
In contracted braille 
Ages 7 and up

In this lively retelling of Galileo's leaning tower experiment,
kids will learn that anyone can aspire to become a scientist - 
all it takes is curiosity, determination, and a little imagination.

Every day, Massimo takes his uncle's lunch to a bridge and -
as his uncle's boat passes underneath - drops a loaf of 
bread and wheel of cheese just in time for them to land safely 
in the boat. Professor Galileo observes the boy's lunch-time 
ritual several times before realizing that the heavier 
cheese and the lighter bread both land at exactly the same 
time - disproving the old rules of how gravity works! 
Together, the two begin to investigate the science of 
motion, gravity and weight, eventually proving Aristotle 
wrong by dropping weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. 

'Drop this on young scientists to give a glimpse of one 
of the most renowned experiments ever and a methodology 
for their future research too.
- Kirkus Reviews

To order or read more about this book online, visit 
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/BC1201-GALILEO.html


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