false 3277 18646 0140280553 9780140280555 349 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167063144m/18646.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167063144s/18646.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18646.Galileo_s_Daughter_A_Historical_Memoir_of_Science_Faith_and_Love 3.55 2296 Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel (author of the bestselling Longitude) tells the story of the famous scientist and his illegitimate daughter, Sister Maria Celeste. Sobel bases her book on 124 surviving letters to the scientist from the nun, whom Galileo described as "a woman of exquisite mind, singular goodness, and tenderly attached to me." Their loving correspondence revealed much about their world: the agonies of the bubonic plague, the hardships of monastic life, even Galileo's occasional forgetfulness ("The little basket, which I sent you recently with several pastries, is not mine, and therefore I wish you to return it to me").

While Galileo tangled with the Church, Maria Celeste—whose adopted name was a tribute to her father's fascination with the heavens—provided moral and emotional support with her frequent letters, approving of his work because she knew the depth of his faith. As Sobel notes, "It is difficult today ... to see the Earth at the center of the Universe. Yet that is where Galileo found it." With her fluid prose and graceful turn of phrase, Sobel breathes life into Galileo, his daughter, and the earth-centered world in which they lived. —Sunny Delaney]]> 3277 3.66 5115 846 1999 4806 0802714625 9780802714626 285 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165462580m/4806.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165462580s/4806.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4806.Longitude_The_True_Story_of_a_Lone_Genius_Who_Solved_the_Greatest_Scientific_Problem_of_his_Time 3.82 1744
The scientific establishment of Europe--from Galileo to Sir Issac Newton--had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution--a clock that would keep percise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land. Longitude is a dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.

]]> 3277 3.66 5115 846 1994 116599 0142001163 9780142001165 71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171725659m/116599.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171725659s/116599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116599.The_Planets 3.56 368 Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compelling narrative. Now Sobel brings her full talents to bear on what is perhaps her most ambitious topic to date-the planets of our solar system. Sobel explores the origins and oddities of the planets through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history. Written in her characteristically graceful prose, The Planets is a stunningly original celebration of our solar system and offers a distinctive view of our place in the universe.

The paperback features twelve original, richly layered four-color illustrations by Lynette Cook that emphasize the themes explored in each chapter. The images, at once whimsical and scientific, graphically demonstrate the ties between planets and popular culture.]]> 3277 3.66 5115 846 2005 6262796 0802717195 9780802717191 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256092707m/6262796.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256092707s/6262796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6262796.The_Path_A_One_Mile_Walk_Through_the_Universe 2.67 3 “Here Raymo seeks—and finds—the laws of nature and the existential problems of man hidden under every leaf and rock, or caught in the murmur of running water…What history is hidden outside your front door?”—Los Angeles Times

For almost forty years, Chet Raymo walked a one-mile path from his house to the college where he taught, chronicling the universe by observing every detail of his route with a scientist’s curiosity, a historian’s respect for the past, and a child’s capacity for wonder. With each step, the landscape he traversed became richer, suggesting ever deeper aspects of astronomy, history, biology, and literature, and making the path universal in scope. His insights inspire us to turn our local paths into portals to greater understanding of our interconnectedness with nature and history.]]> 9845 3.92 375 84 3277 3.66 5115 846 2003 99997 0060726407 9780060726409 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171458692m/99997.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171458692s/99997.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99997.The_Best_American_Science_Writing_2004 4.04 26 Together these twenty-three articles on a wide range of today's most current topics in science -- from biology, physics, biotechnology, and astronomy, to anthropology, genetics, evolutionary theory, and cognition#130; represent the full spectrum of scientific writing from America's most prominent science authors, proving once again that "good science writing is evidently plentiful" (Scientific American).

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