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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,...
2) I, Galileo
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Examines the life of the Italian scientist from a first-person perspective that surveys his achievements while covering his world-changing ideas about a heliocentric solar system and his imprisonment for heresy.
5) Galileo
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This book describes the life of scientist and inventor, Galileo Galilei, whose belief that the sun was the center of the solar system brought him persecution.
6) Galileo
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Galileo was the extraordinary astronomer and inventor who re-discovered that the Earth travels around the sun, at the risk of his reputation and freedom. For refusing to support a false view of the Universe, he spent the last eight years of his life under house arrest.
13) Galileo
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A biography of astronomer Galileo Galilei, who invented the first telescopes and clocks with pendulums, among many other devices still used in modern astronomy; and who came to the attention of the Inquisition for arguing that the Earth was not the center of the universe.
14) Galileo
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Presents twenty essays that examine various aspects of the life and work of controversial sixteenth-century astronomer Galileo, discussing the major influences on his development, his contribution to physics, his use of the telescope, his confrontation with the Church, and his place in history.