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

Dava Sobel • Bloomsbury Publishing USA • ISBN-13 978‑0802779656

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

Dava Sobel • Bloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-10: 0802779654 · ISBN-13: 978‑0802779656 · 2011

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A meticulously researched biographical account that explores the intimate relationship between Galileo and his cloistered daughter against the backdrop of the Scientific Revolution.

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
2011
Pages: 432Language: English

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117 live copies of this book from $3 (as of 2026-08-22).

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Author: Dava Sobel

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Inferred: Biographical LiteratureInferred: Epistolary HistoryInferred: History Of ReligionInferred: History Of ScienceInferred: Renaissance AstronomyInferred: Seventeenth-Century ItalyInferred: Galileo GalileiInferred: Maria CelesteInferred: Scientific RevolutionInferred: Epistolary Biography

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