Galileo A Dramatized Life Author:Gerald Smith In this lively and stimulating account of Galileo's life, which captures all the excitement of scientific and astronomical discovery, the author looks behind the legend of the man to discover the true story of this Italian colossus. — Based on the most recent scholarly research and including translations of important contemporary documents and le... more »tters, many of them Galileo s own, this is the first historical novel about the acknowledged Father of Modern Science for fifty years.« less