Patricia Brennan Demuth

He's known as "the Father of Modern Science," so of course Who Was Galileo? deserves a place in the Who Was...? series! 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...

D-Day was one of the most successful amphibious landings in history and the beginning of the end of World War II. This detailed retelling of the storming of the beach makes a fascinating addition to our What Was...? series. In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches...