A cracking good, meaty scientific biography—Galileo At Work: His Scientific
Biography by Stillman Drake (Dover/Constable, £14.95/$14.95, ISBN 0 486
28631 2) which pulls no punches and combines a wealth of material with a
readable story. One to read, reread and dip into, as it puts an extraordinary
mind in its proper perspective. And excellent value for money.
More from New ¾«¶«´«Ã½
Explore the latest news, articles and features

Space
Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected water in a single day
News

Health
Experimental mRNA vaccine may protect against multiple Ebola viruses
News

Mind
Political anger affects the body differently to other forms of anger
News

Health
Australia is battling its largest diphtheria outbreak in living memory
News
Popular articles
Trending New ¾«¶«´«Ã½ articles
1
The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away
2
Mathematicians stunned by AI's biggest breakthrough in mathematics yet
3
Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test
4
Red-light therapy does have health benefits but not the ones you think
5
How I used psychology to come back from the worst year of my life
6
Australia is battling its largest diphtheria outbreak in living memory
7
The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up
8
Why the keto diet could be a revolutionary way to treat mental illness
9
Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected water in a single day
10
The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life