Galileo
- ISBN-10
- 0802130593
- ISBN-13
- 9780802130594
- Series
- Galileo
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1966
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Author
- Bertolt Brecht
Description
Dramatizes Galileo's conflict with the church over his assertion that the Earth revolves around the sun.
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