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Galileo : Watcher of the Skies by David Wootton is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Galileo : Watcher of the Skies about?
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 of faith, and a brilliant analyst of the elegantly mathematical workings of nature yet bungling and insensitive with his own family. Tackling Galileo as astronomer, engineer, and author, David Wootton places him at the center of Renaissance culture. He traces Galileo through his early rebellious years; the beginnings of his scientific career constructing a “new physics”; his move to Florence seeking money, status, and greater freedom to attack intellectual orthodoxies; his trial for heresy and narrow escape from torture; and his house arrest and physical (though not intellectual) decline. Wootton reveals much that is new—from Galileo’s premature Copernicanism to a previously unrecognized illegitimate daughter—and, controversially, rejects the long-establ
Who reads Galileo : Watcher of the Skies?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Wootton
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300197297
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, Science, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.52 / 5 (29 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14