A very interesting book. Although, we thought the title is not entirely correct since this book is more about Galileo himself than about his daughter. However, the life Galileo led is portrayed very well. Such a brilliant mind - both him and his daughter.
We discussed this in our international book club in September 2006.
Read my original review here.
This is *another* one of those books that have been sitting in a stack for ages - probably since it came out in paperback! For some reason I always seem to pick *other* books ahead of it, despite being fascinated by the period. 'Maybe' next year... [grin]
ReplyDeleteIt definitely is worth pulling out of that stack, Kitten. But I know how it is.
DeleteThis is another book I always meant to read. I did really like Sobel's Longitude.
ReplyDeleteSee, that is one I haven't read, Lark. I should put that on my wishlist. Thanks.
DeleteI have not read this one - having worked in publishing, I suspect they titled it Galileo's *Daughter* to make it appeal to book groups, almost entirely women (although I met someone very surprising last month who was in an all male book group).
ReplyDeleteWhen I did a one-month study abroad program in 2022, one of the books recommended for us to read was Longitude. I mostly enjoyed it but although it was short, I will admit I got a bit weary of the topic before the book ended.
Thanks for that. You might be right there, Constance. Well, I'm sure you're right there. An all male book club sounds great. I've never met one like that. Although, we did have a man in on of our book clubs, he was a German and English teacher.
DeleteI always wanted to read Longitude since I liked Galileo's Daughter so much. But I have so many books on my TBR pile that I will probably not attempt it soon.
Ha, that book is on several homeschool science booklists for high school, but I have never read it.
ReplyDeleteIt depends what you want to do with that book for science. I doubt you learn a lot about science itself, just about the background.
DeleteIt is not meant to teach science, but to show what the people were like who became famous scientists.
DeleteExactly. But it's still a good book for those interested in science.
DeleteSounds interesting even if it is more about Galileo. They probably use the daughter to fill up an interest in women in history.
ReplyDeleteIt is a very interesting book, Lisbeth. That's what Constance said ^^, always thinking about the reader. There was something in the book about the daughter and we all liked it, so no harm done.
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