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Galileo's dream / Kim Stanley Robinson.
Van Pelt Library PS3568.O2893 G35 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robinson, Kim Stanley.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642--Trials, litigation, etc--Fiction.
- Galilei, Galileo.
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
- Religion and science--Italy--History--17th century--Fiction.
- Religion and science.
- Space colonies--Fiction.
- Space colonies.
- History.
- Outer space.
- Italy.
- Outer space--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 532 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ballantine Books, [2009]
- Summary:
- From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. Yet between his brief and jarring visitations to this future, Galileo must struggle against the ignorance and superstition of his own time.
- ISBN:
- 9780553806595
- 0553806599
- OCLC:
- 459209947
- Publisher Number:
- 99936787364
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