Galileo's Daughter
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Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
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a historical memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
420 pages
ISBN 0 14 02.8055 3
Galileo Galilei's telescopes allowed him to discover a new reality in the heavens. But for publicly declaring his astounding argument--that the earth revolves around the sun--he was accused of heresy and put under house arrest by the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Living a far different life, Galileo's daughter Virginia, a cloistered nun, proved to be her father's .....
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