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    The Year of the Flood

    Margaret Atwood

Galileos Daughter

by Dava Sobel

Galileos Daughter Cover

ISBN13: 9781857027129
ISBN10: 1857027124
Condition: Standard
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Synopsis:

Galileo is seen as one of the greatest scientists ever. Little is known of his illegitimate daughter, Virginia. As a nun, she wrote 120 letters to her father from 1623 to her death from exposure and malnutrition ten years later. This text investigates the father-daughter relationship.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781857027129
Author:
SOBEL, DAVA
Publisher:
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Location:
N
Copyright:
Edition Description:
NEW ED
Publication Date:
20000907
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Pages:
448
Dimensions:
197 x 130 in.

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