5 edition of Galileo"s daughter found in the catalog.
Galileo"s daughter
Dava Sobel
Published
1999
by Fourth Estate in London
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Written in
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
| Statement | Dava Sobel. |
| Genre | Correspondence., Biography. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | QB36.G2 S65 1999 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 429 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 429 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL21479275M |
| ISBN 10 | 1857028619 |
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 /5(). Summary Note: summary text provided by external source. 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.".
Immediately download the Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love summary, chapter-by-chapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more - everything you need for studying or teaching Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of . The day after his sister Virginia's funeral, the already world-renowned scientist Galileo Galilei received this, the first of surviving letters from the once-voluminous correspondence he carried on with his elder daughter. She alone of Galileo's three children mirrored his own brilliance, industry, and sensibility, and by virtue of these.
Galileo's daughter, born of his long illicit liaison with the beautiful Marina Gamba of Venice, entered the world in the summer heat of a new century, on August 13, —the same year the Dominican friar Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake in Rome for insisting, among his many heresies and blasphemies, that the Earth traveled around the. This is the story of Galileo's life with actual historical record commentary from Vatican documents and the letters written by Galileo's daughter in a convent, the nun Sister Maria Celeste. We follow the development of Galileo's ideas and writings and how they were thwarted.
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It is also in part a fascinating chronicle of a 17th Century clash between Science and Catholic doctrine; /5. Jan 11, · If you want to know more about Galileo's life and about what life was like for people living in Italy during his time, this is a great book for you. If, instead, you were fascinated by the idea of learning about Galileo's daughter, realize that she is not really the subject of the book!/5().
This one-page guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel. Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love is a nonfiction book by Dava Sobel.
It details the relationship between Renaissance scientist Galileo and. Despite its title, this impressive book proves to be less the story of Galileo's elder daughter, the oldest of his three illegitimate children, and more the story of Galileo himself and his trial before the Inquisition for arguing that Earth moves around the Sun.
Aug 30, · Filled with human drama and scientific adventure, Galileo's Daughter is an unforgettable story. Praise for Galileo's Daughter: "[Sobel] shows herself a virtuoso at encapsulating the history and the politics of science.
Her descriptions of Galileo's ideas are pithy, /5. Galileo's Daughter is the story of both Galileo and his wise and intelligent older daughter, Maria Celeste.
One hundred and twenty letters from Maria to her famous father survive, and these are. Galileo's Daughter is a rare gift. This marvelous duo biography of Galileo Galilei and his daughter Virginia evokes a sense of time and place, character and action and of cosmic importance that are usually the province of great works of cinemavog-legrauduroi.com by: Galileo's Daughter I was surprised that this book is more about Galileo's life, his studies, inventions, etc.
We do learn about his daughters, 2, and one in particular and their relationship but that is not the focus of the book. GALILEO'S DAUGHTER by Dava Sobel begins with a letter written on May 10, from Suor Maria Celeste to her father, Galileo.
Sobel reveals that this first letter is one of the letters that survived both father and daughter. It is a mystery as to what happened to Galileo's letters to Maria. The motions of the heavenly bodies, they said, having been touched upon in the Psalms, the Book of Joshua, and elsewhere in the Bible, were matters best left to the Holy Fathers of the Church.” ― Dava Sobel, Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love.
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love In this book he described the true nature of the Via Lactea (Milky Way), sunspots, and the rotation of the sun.
He was appointed as chief mathematician of the U Pisa and Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke, moving to Florence in Tuscany to assume these duties in.
Dava Sobel talks about her book [Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love]. The book is about the heretical scientist Galileo Galilei, based on letters from his daughter.
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love Dava Soba, Viking Press pp. ISBN Summary The son of a musician, Galileo Galilei () tried at first to enter a monastery before engaging the skills that made him the foremost scientist of his day.
Mar 29, · Galileo’s Daughter, the Nun. Galileo’s Daughter intertwines Galileo’s life story with letters written by his daughter, published for the first time in English. Galileo had a liaison for some years with a woman named Marina Gamba in Venice. ''Galileo's Daughter'' is organized around a series of letters that Suor Maria Celeste wrote to Galileo from Maywhen Galileo was 59 and already celebrated throughout Europe, until Aprilwhen she died of dysentary.
Unfortunately, none of the physicist's. Oct 02, · Galileo’s Daughter. October 2, Dava Sobel. I often think this was the book I was born to write. I felt a bond with the title character, though she was a Catholic nun living in Tuscany in the early sixteenth century, and I was raised Jewish in the Bronx in the mid-twentieth.
Ironically, Galileo’s definition of the relationship Author: Dava Sobel. About Galileo’s Daughter. Galileo Galilei was the foremost scientist of his day. Though he never left Italy, his inventions and discoveries were heralded around the world.
His telescopes allowed him to reveal the heavens and enforce the astounding argument that the earth moves around the sun. Sobel talked about her book, [Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Faith, Science and Love], published by Walker and Company.
She talked about the story of the famed scientist's. Nov 01, · Dava Sobel has had a lifelong fascination with Galileo and her latest book,Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love, brings the famous scientist vividly to life while offering a unique perspective on his trial for heresy and subsequent years under house arrest.
Just as Sobel made John Harrisons search to determine longitude a compelling story for modern readers in. Jun 20, · Buy Galileo's Daughter: A Drama of Science, Faith and Love New Ed by Dava Sobel (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on /5(50).Jan 01, · close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Galileo's Daughter Subtitle A Historic Memoir of Science, Faith and Love Author Dava Sobel. Your purchase helps support NPR cinemavog-legrauduroi.com: Dava Sobel.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 /5(17).
