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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300125364
• ISBN13: 9780300125368
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.4"