Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2336
Points per Word
0.000214
Description
Galileo's scientific work changed our view of the universe. His observations of the skies through a telescope confirmed that the Earth and planets travel around the Sun. But his work brought him into conflict with the authorities of his time.