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: Paperback
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780521566711
Subjects: Biography: general; History of science; Galilei, Galileo,; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Scientists - General; Biography/Autobiography; Scientists; History; Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology; Galilei, Galileo, --1564-1642 Galilei, Galile; Galilei, Galileo,--1564-1642; Science : History; Technology / General; Biography; 1564-1642; Astronomers; Italy
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'.