Galileo's daughter : a historical memoir of science, faith, and love /: a historical memoir of science, faith, and love. (1999)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dava Sobel.
• Other Names: Sobel, Dava
• Contents: To Florence. She who was so precious to you ; This grand book the universe ; Bright stars speak of your virtues ; To have the truth seen and recognized ; In the very face of the sun ; Observant executrix of God's commands ; Malice of my persecutors ; Conjecture here among shadows -- On Bellosguardo. How our father is favored ; To busy myself in your service ; What we require above all else ; Because of our zeal ; Through my memory of their eloquence ; Small and trifling body ; On the right path, by the grace of God ; Tempest of our many torments -- In Rome. While seeking to immortalize your fame ; Since the Lord chastises us with those whips ; Hope of having you always near ; That I should be begged to publish such a work -- In care of the Tuscan Embassy, Villa Medici, Rome. How anxiously I live, awaiting word from you ; In the chambers of the Holy Office of the Inquisition ; Vainglorious ambition, pure ignorance, and inadvertence ; Faith vested in the miraculous Madonna of Impruneta ; Judgment passed on your book and your person -- At Siena. Not knowing how to refuse him the keys ; Terrible destruction on the feast of San Lorenzo ; Recitation of the penitential psalms ; Book of life, or, a prophet accepted in his own land -- From Arcetri. My soul and its longing ; Until I have this from your lips ; As I struggle to understand ; Memory of the sweetnesses -- In Galileo's time -- Florentine weights, measures, currency.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker & Co
• Publication Date: 1999
• Extent: 1 online resource (350 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 520/.92; B; History; Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography; Nuns -- Italy -- Biography; Astronomers; Nuns; Biography & Autobiography -- Historical; Biography: general; Italy; Electronic books; Biography; Records and correspondence; Correspondence; Correspondence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780802777478; 0802777473
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.