Galileo's Daughter : A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love (Paperback)

from mojacobs

This is a biography of Galileo written by means of his daughter's letters. Very interesting read, very enlightening about life and people: i.e. Galileo's forbidden work was smuggled to the Netherlands by a high ranking clergyman (!) - and a "Mr. Elzevir" published it. Elsevier is still a major pu...

from lkernagh

A fascinating exploration of not only Galileo's struggles to publish and make known his agreement - with theoretical and mathematical evidence - that Copernicus was correct in his belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun and not the other way around, and how the Church was determined that Co...

from Mitchell_Bergeson_Jr

I thought this was a fantastic story. Its a story about the lasting bonds of affection and love between a daughter and her father. Its also a riveting overview of the life and times of the great astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician, Galileo Galilei. As Sobel tells Mr. G...

from mojacobs

This is a biography of Galileo written by means of his daughter's letters. Very interesting read, very enlightening about life and people: i.e. Galileo's forbidden work was smuggled to the Netherlands by a high ranking clergyman (!) - and a "Mr. Elzevir" published it. Elsevier is still a major pu...

from JGolomb

What Dava Sobel does best is connect world-shattering science with the individuals who brought that discipline or discovery to light. Beyond that, she provides the context of the world in which they lived. In writing about Copernicus and John 'Longitude' Harrison, she wrote of worlds on the cusp ...