Galilei, Galileo | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Biography
Broderick, James. Galileo: The Man, His Work, His Misfortunes. New York: Harper and Row, 1964, 152 p.
Traces the life of Galileo as a man of "genius" forced to struggle against the outmoded ideas of Aristotle and of Ptolemy, as well as with the implacability of the Inquisition.
Drake, Stillman. Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1978, 536 p.
Looks at Galileo's life from the point of view of his publications, with a particular focus on his lesser known writings.
——. Galileo. New York: Hill and Wang, 1980, 100 p.
Brief but comprehensive biography of the life, work, and trial of Galileo.
Fermi, Laura, and Bernardini, Gilberto. Galileo and the Scientific Revolution. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1961, 150 p.
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