Galileo’s Daughter: The Book, the Movie, the Facts, and the Issues
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
8-29-2021
Publication Title
Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo
Publisher
Springer, Cham
Publisher Location
Cham, Switzerland
Volume
40
First page number:
153
Last page number:
162
Abstract
This essay examines Galileo’s relationship to the eldest of his three children, named Virginia, who became a nun with the name of Sister Maria Celeste. It contains a commentary on Dava Sobel’s best-selling book Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love (1999). It also contains a commentary on a movie entitled “Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens,” first broadcast nationally in the United States by PBS television stations in 2002, produced by David Axelrod and based on Sobel’s book. The essay also provides a summary of the main facts of Virginia’s life. And it reports on the many internet comments on Sobel’s book. All these things provide the occasion for an analysis, from the point of view of the Galileo affair, of the significance of Sobel’s book and the light it sheds on some old and new issues.
Controlled Subject
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; Commentaries; Documentary films; Book reviews
Disciplines
Film and Media Studies | Philosophy | Philosophy of Science
Language
English
Rights
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Repository Citation
Finocchiaro, M. A.
(2021).
Galileo’s Daughter: The Book, the Movie, the Facts, and the Issues.
Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo, 40
153-162.
Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Cham.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77147-8_8