Galileo: A Life

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Beard Books, 2005 - 332 páginas
A suspenseful narrative and spiritive rendition of the life of Galileo.
 

Contenido

The Wrangler
3
Lucifers Arm
17
PADUA AND VENICE
37
The Golden Ox
39
Frogs and Mice
58
The Stone and the Quarry
83
FLORENCE
107
The Nasty Seed
109
Gloom at Bellosguardo
172
The Heart of the Scorpion
188
Convulsion
211
The Trial of Galileo
233
SIENA AND ARCETRI
263
Blind Obedience
265
Apology
283
Biographers Notes
287

Black Fire and Floating Bodies
122
Intermezzo
139
FLORENCE AND ROME
143
O Ye Fools of Galilee
145
The Cardinals Scold
157
Selected Biliography
299
Acknowledgments
305
Index
309
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James Reston, Jr., is the author of eleven previous books, including "The Last Apocalypse" & "Galileo: A Life". He has written articles for "The New Yorker", "Esquire", "Vanity Fair", "Time", "Rolling Stone", & many other publications, & the scripts for three "Frontline" documentaries. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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