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Galileo and the Stargazers - Story CD by Jim Weiss
Inspiring true stories of heroic scientists who risked everything for the truth. Introduce your family to Archimedes, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Galileo and Isaac Newton. An amazing piece of work. In less than an hour, Weiss tells the story of astronomy from the early mathematical discoveries of Archimedes to the Galileo probe's orbit of Jupiter in 1995. Weiss weaves a thread between these many centuries of discovery in a way no textbook could match -audiobook cafe
For many years, storyteller Jim Weiss has kindled the passions for classical literature in young listeners. Now, with the same thrills, laughter and insight into the human heart that have made his fiction recordings beloved to Chinaberry customers, Jim brings history to vivid life with astonishing stories of real people. On this recording, we meet historic characters who have changed our world forever. First, we encounter the original absent-minded genius, Archimedes, scientist and mathematician supreme, and his cousin King Hieron, who wisely contrives to keep his nation at peace amid a world at war. When Hieron suspects a jeweler has made his new golden crown out of lesser materials, Archimedes must use his scientific talents to unravel the mystery. The result is fast-paced and laugh-out-loud funny. Next, Jim moves us eighteen centuries forward from the first story, into the fiery debate about whether the earth or the sun is in the center of things. One by one, we meet the extraordinary Copernicus, draw swords and map the sky with the swashbuckling Danish astronomer and nobleman Tycho Brahe and his German assistant, Johannes Kepler, as he battles poverty. We experience the overwhelming genius of Italy's Galileo Galilei, impassioned seeker of truth in many sciences, who faces the threat of death for disclosing his findings. We smile with shy Isaac Newton, the Englishman who caps his predecessors' work with a discovery he knows will bring the fame he dreads. Each passes his knowledge to the next, giving us the sense of how human progress really happens bit by bit, and showing the personal price great discoverers must sometimes pay. Listeners will learn a great deal about science and some of its most remarkable contributors, and best of all, will have enormous fun doing it. What a great way to turn on our kids and ourselves to the excitement of discovery.
Awards: Storytelling World Award 2000 Parents´ Choice Gold Award
Format: CD Run Time: 60 Min. Ages: 6 -12 years
Galileo and the Stargazers - Story CD is manufactured by Jim Weiss in
USA
Product Code: 396
Jim Weiss
Our Price: US$16.99
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The following developmental skills and benefits are encouraged by Galileo and the Stargazers - Story CD learning toy:
Galileo and the Stargazers - Story CD develops Language and Speech Speech is the ability to both understand and use language. The determination for achievement of this milestone will change depending on a child's age. For example, a 12-month-old baby saying dada as his first words and know that it means daddy, a two-year-old being able to name parts of her body while pointing to it, or a five-year-old learning to say "feet" instead of "foots".
Galileo and the Stargazers - Story CD teaches knowledge of the world around us
Galileo and the Stargazers - Story CD teaches history
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