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New York: Grove Press.įinocchiaro, Maurice A. The private life of Galileo, compiled principally from his correspondence and that of his eldest daughter, Sister Maria Celeste. Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel 3.9 (43) Paperback 15.99 18.00 Save 11 Paperback 15.99 eBook 14.49 Audiobook 0. With all the human drama and scientific adventure that distinguished Latitude, Galileo's Daughter is an unforgettable story.Allan-Olney, Mary. Moving between Galileo's public life and Maria Celeste's sequestered world, Sobel illuminates the Florence of the Medicis and the papal court in Rome during an era when humanity's perception of its place in the cosmos was overturned. When Galileo moved back to Tuscany as the chief mathematician and philosopher to the grand duke, he took his daughters with him. Though he never married her, she gave birth to three children of Galileo: Virginia, Livia and Vincenzio. Galileo's Daughter dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishment of a mythic figure whose 17th-century clash with Catholic doctrine continues to define the schism between science and religion. It was here that he met Marina Gamba, whom he took as his mistress. Her presence, through letters which Sobel has translated from Italian and masterfully woven into the narrative, graces her father's life now as it did then. Dava Sobel (born June 15, 1947) is the author of Longitude, Galileos Daughter, The Planets, and A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos. Her support was her father's greatest source of strength. Galileo's oldest child was 13 when he placed her in a convent near him in Florence, where she took the most appropriate name of Suor Maria Celeste. For this belief, he was brought before the Holy Office of the Inquisition, accused of heresy, and forced to spend his last years under house arrest. Galileos Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love byDava Sobel Write a review How customer reviews and ratings work Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. His telescopes allowed him to reveal the heavens and enforce the astounding argument that the Earth moves around the sun. Though he never left Italy, his inventions and discoveries were heralded around the world. Galileo Galilei was the foremost scientist of his day.

Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel