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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love [Secure Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Dava Sobel
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 Inspired by her long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of his daughter, which she has translated into English for the first time, Dava Sobel has written a book of great originality and power, a biography unlike any ever written on the man Albert Einstein called "the father of modern physics--indeed of modern science altogether." Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was the foremost scientist of his day. Though he never left italy, his birthplace, his inventions and discove... more info>> 2000
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time [Secure Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Dava Sobel
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Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution. The quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of tw... more info>> 2000
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