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Galileo's Daughter : A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel (1999, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWalker & Company
ISBN-100802713432
ISBN-139780802713438
eBay Product ID (ePID)924864
Product Key Features
Book TitleGalileo's Daughter : a Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Cultural Heritage, Europe / Western, Europe / Renaissance, Historical, Science & Technology
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorDava Sobel
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight28.5 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-023885
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal520/.92 B
SynopsisInspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of Galileo's daughter, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has written a biography unlike any other of the man Albert Einstein called "the father of modern physics- indeed of modern science altogether." Galileo's Daughter also presents a stunning portrait of a person hitherto lost to history, described by her father as "a woman of exquisite mind, singular goodness, and most tenderly attached to me." The son of a musician, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) tried at first to enter a monastery before engaging the skills that made him the foremost scientist of his day. Though he never left Italy, his inventions and discoveries were heralded around the world. Most sensationally, his telescopes allowed him to reveal a new reality in the heavens and to reinforce the astounding argument that the Earth moves around the Sun. For this belief, he was brought before the Holy Office of the Inquisition, accused of heresy, and forced to spend his last years under house arrest. Of Galileo's three illegitimate children, the eldest best mirrored his own brilliance, industry, and sensibility, and by virtue of these qualities became his confidante. Born Virginia in 1600, she was thirteen when Galileo placed her in a convent near him in Florence, where she took the most appropriate name of Suor Maria Celeste. Her loving support, which Galileo repaid in kind, proved to be her father's greatest source of strength throughout his most productive and tumultuous years. Her presence, through letters which Sobel has translated from their original Italian and masterfully woven into the narrative, graces her father's life now as it did then. Galileo's Daughter dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishment of a mythic figure whose seventeenth-century clash with Catholic doctrine continues to define the schism between science and religion. Moving between Galileo's grand public life and Maria Celeste's sequestered world, Sobel illuminates the Florence of the Medicis and the papal court in Rome during the pivotal era when humanity's perception of its place in the cosmos was about to be overturned. In that same time, while the bubonic plague wreaked its terrible devastation and the Thirty Years' War tipped fortunes across Europe, one man sought to reconcile the Heaven he revered as a good Catholic with the heavens he revealed through his telescope. With all the human drama and scientific adventure that distinguished Dava Sobel's previous book Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is an unforgettable story.
LC Classification NumberQB36.G2S65 1999
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- Oct 31, 2018
Compelling biography
"Galileo's Daughter" is more a biography of the father than the daughter, but the reader certainly learns a great deal about both. Through surviving letters, the reader "sees" the wonderful relationship between father and daughter and learns how science and church actually influenced and controlled their lives. History books describe Galileo's scientific work and his interactions with the church, but those books tell only a fraction of his important and fascinating life. "Galileo's Daughter" expands the story; it ushers readers into Galileo's life and allows us to share his triumphs and sorrows.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 02, 2021
Readable book and so interesting.
Great book which is easy to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
