Galileos Daughter A Historical Memoir of Science Faith and Love by Dava Sobel

Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo and by the remarkable surviving letters of his daughter Maria Celeste a cloistered nun Dava Sobel has crafted a biography that dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishments of a mythic figure whose earlyseventeenthcentury clash with Catholic doctrine continues to define the schism between science and religionthe man Albert Einstein called the father of modern physicsindeed of modern science altogether. It is also a stunning portrait of