Galileo’s Daughter
A Drama of Science, Faith and Love
$38.34
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2000
Summary
From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was the foremost scientist of his day, ‘the father of modern physics – indeed of modern science altogether’ in the words of Albert Einstein. Though he never left the Italy of his birth, his inventions and discoveries were heralded around the world. His telescopes allo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857027129 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857027124 |
| Author: | Dava Sobel |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | 4th Estate |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2000 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 29mm |
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About The Author
Dava Sobel
Dava Sobel is the author of the international bestseller, Longitude, the bestselling Pulitzer Prize finalist Galileo’s Daughter, The Planets, A More Perfect Heaven, And the Sun Stood Still, and The Glass Universe, and co-author of The Illustrated Longitude. She is the recipient of the Individual Public Service Award from the National Science Board, the Bradford Washburn Award, the Kumpke-Roberts Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. A former New York Times science reporter and current editor of the “Meter” poetry column in Scientific American, she lives on Long Island.
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