One can read only so many requests for money before they become tedious. Although they are very well written and frequently contain interesting tidbits, I found myself skimming through those found in the last quarter of the book rather quickly. (For a candid recounting of the experiences of being a nun, I highly recommend Karen Armstrong's Through the Narrow Gate.) Galileo's Daughter is the first time Sour Maria Celeste's letters have been made available in English. While it is interesting to see what Galileo's daughter, Virginia-later renamed Suor Maria Celeste when she became a nun, thought of her unmarried father, the insights into her true self are difficult to come by even through the many letters that remain. Sobel is a good story teller, and this is a great story. Ever since reading Galileo at Work several years ago I've been looking for a good biography of this amazing man. Perhaps a more accurate title would have been Galileo and his Daughter. But even if one were to call it that, the vast majority of the text deals with Galileo rather than his daughter. Because Galileo saw this, and particularly because he drummed it into the scientific world, he is the father of modern physics-indeed of modern science." - Albert Einstein as quoted on page 326 Galileo's Daughter is misnamed. Dava Sobel - Galileo's Daughter "Propositions arrived at purely by logical means are completely empty as regards reality.
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