Galileo’s Daughter: A Drama of Science, Faith and Love
Author: Dava Sobel
Inspired by long fascination with Galileo & the surviving letters of his daughter, a cloistered nun, Sobel has written a biography of the one Einstein called ‘the father of modern physics–indeed of modern science altogether.’ Galileo’s Daughter presents a portrait of a person hitherto lost to history, described by Galileo as ‘a woman of exquisite mind, singular goodness &….Read More
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