Conversations with Galileo by William Shea
When Galileo Galilei pointed his telescope to the skies, he ushered in a scientific revolution: the Moon turned out to be covered with mountains and craters, stars popped out of nowhere, and four satellites were found to be orbiting Jupiter. His discovery of the phases of Venus in 1610 forever shattered the notion that the Sun orbited the Earth and transformed humanity’s sense of itself and its place in the cosmos. It also contributed to the demise of the idea that knowledge about the world was to be found in ancient texts or supernatural authority. Eavesdrop on an enlightening conversation, and make your own discoveries – about Galileo’s life in the Medici court, his love of wine and women, and how he came to spend his last eight years under house arrest.
Dava Sobel is an award-winning andbest-selling writer of books on the history of science. Her works include Longitude (1995), Galileo’s Daughter (1999) and ThePlanets (2005).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786782496 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786782499 |
| Title | Conversations with Galileo |
| Author | William Shea |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Watkins Media Limited |
| Year published | 2019-11-12 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
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