Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
Dava Sobel • Rizzoli • ISBN 9780802779656
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
Dava Sobel • Rizzoli • ISBN-13 9780802779656
ISBN-10 0802779654 • 2011
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ISBN 9780802779656 • Completeness 51
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A meticulously researched biographical account that explores the intimate relationship between Galileo and his cloistered daughter against the backdrop of the Scientific Revolution.
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Contributor: Dava Sobel
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Category: Biographical LiteratureCategory: Epistolary HistoryCategory: History Of ReligionCategory: History Of ScienceCategory: Renaissance AstronomyCategory: Seventeenth-Century ItalyCategory: Galileo GalileiCategory: Maria Celeste
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