by James Reston Jr. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440666970
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«Galileo: El Genio y el Hombre» is the biography by James Reston Jr., published by Ediciones B in hardcover (408 pages, in Spanish).
It narrates the life of the Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei, from his discoveries about the cosmos to his confrontation with the Catholic Church for upholding his theories. It also portrays an era in which science and religion were closely intertwined, and the conflict generated by challenging established knowledge.
Translation by Ángela Pérez. Original in English: «Galileo: A Life» (1994).
For readers interested in the history of science, great biographies, and the relationship between faith and reason.
James "Scotty" Barrett Reston was an American journalist whose career spanned the mid-1930s to the early 1990s. He was associated for many years with The New York Times.
