12.31.2004
Galileo's Daughter
by Dava Sobel, 368 pgs, paperback
Amazon site
Overall Grade: C+
Pretty trite, I've heard much of this before. Even though it says it's about Galileo's Daughter, it really only uses her as a fresh look at Galileo's life. zzzzz. I suppose Sobel doesn't lambast the Church too much, but the general attitude of Galileo biographer annoys me. So I wouldn't say there's much to find here is this book that you couldn't find elsewhere.
Amazon site
Overall Grade: C+
Pretty trite, I've heard much of this before. Even though it says it's about Galileo's Daughter, it really only uses her as a fresh look at Galileo's life. zzzzz. I suppose Sobel doesn't lambast the Church too much, but the general attitude of Galileo biographer annoys me. So I wouldn't say there's much to find here is this book that you couldn't find elsewhere.
Labels: genre: historical, genre: non-fiction, media: book