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Galileo's daughter : a historical memoir of science, faith, and love
Sobel, Dava.
Adult Nonfiction QB36.G2 S65 1999
Sobel, Dava.
Adult Nonfiction QB36.G2 S65 1999
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| Contents | Page |
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| Part 1 - To Florence | |
| [I] - She who was so precious to you | p. 3 |
| [II] - This grand book the universe | p. 13 |
| [III] - Bright stars speak of your virtues | p. 25 |
| [IV] - To have the truth seen and recognijed | p. 37 |
| [V] - In the very face of the sun | p. 49 |
| [VI] - Observant executrix of God's commands | p. 59 |
| [VII] - The malice of my persecutors | p. 71 |
| [VIII] - Conjecture here among shadows | p. 84 |
| Part 2 - On Bellosguardo | |
| [IX] - How our father is favored | p. 99 |
| [X] - To busy my self in your service | p. 110 |
| [XI] - What we require above all else | p. 122 |
| [XII] - Because of our jeal | p. 133 |
| [XIII] - Through my memory of their eloquence | p. 143 |
| [XIV] - A small and trifling body | p. 153 |
| [XV] - On the right path, by the grace of God | p. 162 |
| [XVI] - The tempest of our many torments | p. 175 |
| Part 3 - In Rome | |
| [XVII] - While seeking to immortalije your fame | p. 187 |
| [XVIII] - Since the Lord chastises us with these whips | p. 197 |
| [XIX] - The hope of having you always near | p. 206 |
| [XX] - That I should be begged to publish such a work | p. 216 |
| Part 4 - In Care of the Tuscan Embassy, Villa Medici, Rome | |
| [XXI] - How anxiously I live, awaiting word from you | p. 231 |
| [XXII] - In the chanbers of the Holy Office of the Inguisition | p. 242 |
| [XXIII] - Jainglorious anbition, pure ignorance, and inadvertence | p. 255 |
| [XXIV] - Faithvested in the miraculous Madonna of Jmpruneta | p. 264 |
| [XXV] - Judgment passed on your book and your person | p. 273 |
| Part 5 - At Siena | |
| [XXVI] - Not knowing how to refuse him the keys | p. 285 |
| [XXVII] - Terrible destruction on the feast of San Lorenjo | p. 295 |
| [XXVIII] - Recitation of the penitential psalms | p. 306 |
| [XXIX] - The book of life, or, Aprophet accepted in his own land | p. 316 |
| Part 6 - From Arcetri | |
| [XXX] - My soul and its longing | p. 331 |
| [XXXI] - Until I have this from your lips | p. 340 |
| [XXXII] - As I struggle to understand | p. 348 |
| [XXXIII] - The memory of the sweetnesses | p. 357 |
| In Galileo's Time | p. 369 |
| Florentine Weights, Measures, Currency | p. 375 |
| Bibliography | p. 376 |
| Notes | p. 383 |
| Appreciation | p. 394 |
| Art Credits | p. 396 |
| Index | p. 399 |
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