by Antonio Beltrán · Lectorum Pubns · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475331355
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«Galileo» is the popular biography of Galileo Galilei written by Antonio Beltrán, published by Lectorum Pubns in paperback (142 pages, in Spanish).
A biography that presents the figure of Galileo Galilei in the context of the Renaissance: his contribution to astronomy, his defense of the method based on observation and experimentation, and the confrontation with religious power, which saw its doctrines threatened by the evidence of reason. The book explains how these ideas marked a turning point in the history of science.
It is the first edition, published in 1983, within the collection «El Autor y su Obra». The cover reproduces a portrait of Galileo.
It is aimed at those interested in the history of science and in biographies of influential figures such as Galileo.
