Who Was Galileo - Who Was...? Author:Patricia Brennan Demuth, John O'Brien (Illustrator) 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 era's great rebirth of knowledge. — He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! H... more »e 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.« less