Galileo Galilei

Recommended reading: Reading Rat


Criticism (articles, essays, reviews):

From Myth to History and Back, review by Stephen M. Barr of: Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius, by William R. Shea and Mariano Artigas; and Galileo’s Mistake: A New Look at the Epic Confrontation between Galileo and the Church, by Wade Rowland. First Things, January 2004

Between Father and Daughter, review by Elizabeth Powers of Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love, by Dava Sobel, First Things, March 2000