Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love

ISBN-10
0606202064
ISBN-13
9780606202060
Series
Galileo's Daughter
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Language
English
Published
2000-01-01
Publisher
Turtleback
Author
Dava Sobel

Description

Presents a biography of the scientist through the surviving letters of his illegitimate daughter Maria Celeste, who wrote him from the Florence convent where she lived from the age of thirteen.

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