Galileo Galilei - When the World Stood StillSpringer Science & Business Media, 23 de febr. 2006 - 221 pàgines "I, Galileo, son of the late Vincenzio Galilei, Florentine, aged seventy years ...kneeling before you Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinals ...I abjure, curse, detest the aforesaid errors and heresies." The mathematician and physicist Galileo Galilei is one of the most famous scientists of all times. The story of his life and times, of his epoch-making experiments and discoveries, of his stubbornness and pride, of his patrons in the house of Medici, of his enemies and friends in their struggle for truth - all is brought vividly to life in this book. Atle Næss has written a gripping account of one of the great figures in European history.
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... villa in Arcetri, to be closer to both of them. Now he was not sure if he would ever meet them again. But he knew they would pray for him, and that their prayers might be needed. Next, he sent a summons to his only son and his two small ...
... villa on the slopes of Monte Pincio conjured up memories of happier visits to Rome, when his name had been on the lips of everyone in the city and all of them – professors, cardinals, noblemen, even His Holiness himself – wanted to hear ...
... villa in Pratolino with his extremely unpopular former mistress, now the Grand Duchess Bianca. Rumours in the city had it that they experimented with poisons which Bianca was to use in her murderous projects. The worst suspicions seemed ...
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