Maria Celeste
Essays:
Dava Sobel
Albert Van Helden
3 September 1999
| GALILEO'S DAUGHTER Maria Celeste |
Essays:
Dava Sobel |
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In the spring of 1999, Dava Sobel graciously let my students in History 333
"Galileo in Context," read an early version of Galileo's Daughter. She also
supplied the class with her translations of all 124 letters from Maria
Celeste to Galileo. These are the first complete translations of the letters
into English and for those who cannot read the originals in Italian they
represent an important new source for the study of women in early modern
Europe. On the basis of the book and letters, the students worked on
projects about the relationship between Galileo and his daughters and
produced brief essays by way of introduction to the letters (trying not to
duplicate the material in Sobel's book). We hope in the future to be able to
link materials in the letters to the essays and to other pages in The Galileo Project.
Albert Van Helden
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