Galileo's Daughter: a Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love (Como Novo)

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Titulo: Galileo's Daughter: a Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love (Como Novo)Autor: Dava SobelESTADO: COMO NOVOISBN/EAN: 9780802713438Editor: WALKER & COAno: 1999Idioma: I nglêsEncadernação: N.A.Páginas: 420Coleção: N.A.Nº. da Coleção: N.A.Código de Controlo: 3D Descrição: Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of Galileo's daughter, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has written a biography unlike any other of the man Albert Einstein called "the father of modern physics- indeed of modern science altogether." Galileo's Daughter also presents a stunning portrait of a person hitherto lost to history, described by her father as "a woman of exquisite mind, singular goodness, and most tenderly attached to me." Show more