Galileo: Watcher of the Skies

by David Wootton

Book Overview

A provocative and penetrating new life of Galileo, placing the man, his achievements, and his failures in the broader history of the Scientific Revolution

Galileo (1564-1642) is one of the most important and controversial figures in the history of science. A hero of modern science and key to its birth, he was also a deeply divided man: a scholar committed to the establishment of scientific truth yet forced to concede the importance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300197292
• ISBN13: 9780300197297
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 7.9"