Description:
Galileo's Daughter is Dava Sobel's popular new biography
of Galileo. The work is built on the letters written to the scientist
by his daughter, a cloistered nun. The book offers an intriguing look
at the life and times of Galileo, his conflict with the Catholic Church
of the 1600s, and the loving relationship between his daughter and himself.
Our
panel:
Guy Rocha
Becky Swanson
Rob Tocalino
Frank Mullen
Links
for this book:
bookreporter.com
New
York Times Review
Also
by this author:
Longitude:
The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Saved the Greatest Scientific Problem
of His Time; Viking Penguin; September 1996
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