num_pages: 571
description: Presents a biography of the scientist through the surviving letters of his illegitimate daughter Maria Celeste, who wrote him from the Florence convent where she lived from the age of thirteen.
language: English
title: Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
titlecomplete: Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
characters: Sister Maria Celeste, Galileo Galilei
genres: Historical, Biography, Religion, Italy, Science, Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography Memoir, Astronomy, History
ratings_count: 29299
places: Florence, Tuscany
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: History, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Science & Technology
publisher: G K Hall & Co