Galileo
Subtitle: Decisive Innovator (Cambridge Science Biographies)
Contributors: David Knight (Preface)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 26, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780521562195
Subjects: Biography: general; History of science; Scientists; Biography/Autobiography; History Of Astronomy; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Physics; Italy; Galilei, Galileo,; Galilei, Galileo; Galilei, Galileo,--1564-1642; Technology / General; Astronomers; Scientists - General; 1564-1642; Biography
First sentence: Sir Henry Wotton, the English Ambassador to the Republic of Venice, was taking a risk when he wrote to the Earl of Salisbury, sending King James I what he called 'the strangest piece of news' that the King had 'ever yet received from any part of the world'.