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La fille de Galilée : mémoire historique de la science, de la foi et de l'amour - BON

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Bon: Un livre qui a été lu, mais qui est en bon état. La couverture présente des dommages infimes, ...
Brand
Unbranded
MPN
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ISBN
9780802713438
Book Title
Galileo's Daughter : a Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
Publisher
Walker & Company
Item Length
9.4 in
Publication Year
1999
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.5 in
Author
Dava Sobel
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
Women, Europe / Western, Europe / Renaissance, General, Historical, Science & Technology
Item Weight
28 Oz..6 Oz, 28.5 Oz
Item Width
6.5 in
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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Inspired 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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Walker & Company
ISBN-10
0802713432
ISBN-13
9780802713438
eBay Product ID (ePID)
924864

Product Key Features

Book Title
Galileo's Daughter : a Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Women, Europe / Western, Europe / Renaissance, General, Historical, Science & Technology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Dava Sobel
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
28 Oz..6 Oz, 28.5 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
21
Publication Date
1999-10-01
Lccn
99-023885
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
520/.92 B
Lc Classification Number
Qb36.G2s65 1999
Copyright Date
1999

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  • 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.

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  • Galileo's Daughter

    I bought this book for a book club that meets once a month. It was recommended highly by others in the group. When I picked it up I thought it was going to be a historical fiction novel, but soon discovered it was a history biography about Galileo and his discoveries. What holds the book together is his letters from his daughter and the warm relationship that he has with her. Without these letters, I'm not sure I would have finished the novel. It is not an easy read, but it left me satisfied at the end of the book. You'll love it if you are interested in scientific details, the early church, astronomy, or philosophy. I learned a lot from it.

  • Readable book and so interesting.

    Great book which is easy to read.

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  • Loved the price!

    I was overjoyed when I saw a price like seventy-five cents, who would not? I ordered later than I should have, so I can not blame it coming three days later than I hoped on the sender. Thank you so much... even if the book was slightly boring. Such is education.

  • Galileo's Daughter

    Very Interesting facts in the life of the infamous Astronomer. His fascination is clearly explained through letters to his daughter & persuit of his great curiosity! Good read!