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100 1 $aSobel, Dava.
245 10 $aGalileo's daughter :$ba historical memoir of science, faith, and love /$cDava Sobel.
260 $aNew York :$bWalker & Co.,$cc1999.
300 $aix, 420 p. :$bill., maps, ports. ;$c25 cm.
520 0 $aContains primary source material.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [376]-382) and index.
505 0 $aTo 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 -- Part three: 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.
520 $aThe author examines Galileo's scientific accomplishments and his clash with 17th century Catholic doctrine that illustrates the schism between church and state.
590 $aPublic Library Catalog, 12th edition
600 10 $aGalilei, Galileo,$d1564-1642.$tCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGalilei, Maria Celeste,$d1600-1634$vCorrespondence.
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