“This is really an amazing book. The insight that Ms. Sobel has opened into the times of 16th and 17th century Italy were incredibly informative, as Italy has never been my area of expertise. The conflicts and troubles between the scientists and the Church are especially relevant today with the desire of some to not teach Evolution in the classrooms. The fight that he and other scientists (and there were other scientists) undertook to show the fallacy of Aristotle's earth-centered universe...”

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