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

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dava SobelPublish date:2011-09-04Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury USAISBN-13:9780802779656ISBN-10:802779654UPC:9780802779656Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Religious, HistoricalSize:8.25 x 5.58 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.9811Product ID:SCVV483F8V

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

Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of his daughter Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has crafted a biography that dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishments of a mythic figure whose early-seventeenth-century clash with Catholic doctrine continues to define the schism between science and religion-the man Albert Einstein...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury USAISBN-13:9780802779656ISBN-10:802779654UPC:9780802779656Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Religious, HistoricalSize:8.25 x 5.58 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.9811Product ID:SCVV483F8V
Dava Sobel is an award-winning science writer and the internationally bestselling author of Longitude and The Planets. Longitude has sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide. She is co-author of The Illustrated Longitude. She lives in East Hampton, New York.
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

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