Read by Fritz Weaver Three Cassettes, 5 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.
Recensioner
2011-02-14
Betyg 
Ett intressant sätt att se den store vetenskapsmannen från ett annat perspektiv.
2010-03-08
Betyg 
Boken är mycket läsvärd och ger intressanta inblickar i det religiösa och politiska väldet i Italien under medeltiden.
