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Galileo's Daughter : A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love Author: |
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Other Versions of this Book: Paperback, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Hardcover, Hardcover
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Read by George Guidall
Seven Cassettes, 11 Hours
Galileo's Daughter introduces us to the man whose belief that the Earth moved around the sun caused him to be brought before the Holy Office of the Inquisition, accused of heresy, and threatened with torture. In contrast, his daughter Virginia chose the quiet life of a cloistered nun. Sobel takes us through the trials and triumphs of Galileo's career and his familial relationships, and simultaneously illuminates an entire era of flamboyant Medici Grand Dukes, the bubonic plague, and history's most dramatic collusion between science and religion.
Seven Cassettes, 11 Hours
Galileo's Daughter introduces us to the man whose belief that the Earth moved around the sun caused him to be brought before the Holy Office of the Inquisition, accused of heresy, and threatened with torture. In contrast, his daughter Virginia chose the quiet life of a cloistered nun. Sobel takes us through the trials and triumphs of Galileo's career and his familial relationships, and simultaneously illuminates an entire era of flamboyant Medici Grand Dukes, the bubonic plague, and history's most dramatic collusion between science and religion.
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Amanda G. (I greatly enjoyed listening to this audiobook as I drove. The book was a mixture of the letters written to Galileo by his daughter, Suor (Sister) Maria Celeste, and biographical information on the two of them. The final chapter was particularly touching, and quite unexpected.
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