Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2165
Points per Word
0.000231
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Series
Graphic Science Biographies
Description
Galileo Galilei believed in the power of scientific observation over traditional ideas. His close study of the night sky helped support the theory that planets move around the sun.