{"product_id":"9780802779656","title":"Galileo's Daughter : A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGalileo's Daughter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Dava Sobel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of his daughter Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has crafted a biography that dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishments of a mythic figure whose early-seventeenth-century clash with Catholic doctrine continues to define the schism between science and religion-the man Albert Einstein called \"the father of modern physics-indeed of modern science altogether.\" It is also a stunning portrait of Galileo's daughter, a person hitherto lost to history, described by her father as \"a woman of exquisite mind, singular goodness, and most tenderly attached to me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving between Galileo's grand public life and Maria Celeste's sequestered world, Sobel illuminates the Florence of the Medicis and the papal court in Rome during the pivotal era when humanity's perception of its place in the cosmos was about to be overturned. During that same time, while the bubonic plague wreaked its terrible devastation and the Thirty Years' War tipped fortunes across Europe, Galileo sought to reconcile the Heaven he revered as a good Catholic with the heavens he revealed through his telescope. Filled with human drama and scientific adventure, \u003ci\u003eGalileo's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003ci\u003e Galileo's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e : \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[Sobel] shows herself a virtuoso at encapsulating the history and the politics of science. Her descriptions of Galileo's ideas...are pithy, vivid, and intelligible.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sobel is a master storyteller.... What she has done, with her choice of excerpts and her strong sense of story, is bring a great scientist to life.” —\u003ci\u003eAlan Lightman, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Sobel] shows herself a virtuoso at encapsulating the history and the politics of science. Her descriptions of Galileo's ideas... are pithy, vivid, and intelligible.” —\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sobel does wonders clearly explaining scientific principles... [She] is a most original writer, with a reverence for history and storytelling.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Galileo's Daughter is a remarkable work for the beauty of the writing and the clarity of the time and relationships it creates. Sobel pays close attention to fine detail, resulting in a work that feels real.” —\u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sobel seamlessly recounts history as wonderful narrative filled with outsized characters all marching toward a booming climax.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780802779656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40597582020814,"sku":"9780802779656","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_79b647e5-fccb-44fc-9f39-6f811b3dba26.jpg?v=1637883867","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780802779656","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}