Description
A sweeping, imaginative portrait of Galileo Galilei unfolds as his life—brilliant, contentious, and relentlessly curious—spans the triumphs and dangers of early modern science. In a daring narrative leap, Galileo is drawn into communication with the far future, where the descendants of his discoveries on Jupiter’s moons carry forward a living legacy. As a renegade from Ganymede reaches back to reshape what Galileo will become, the story turns on questions of knowledge, authority, and the moral weight of changing history. Blending historical realism with speculative wonder, this novel showcases Kim Stanley Robinson’s signature blend of big ideas and human stakes, inviting readers to consider how science travels through time—and what it costs to move the world forward.
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ebook
HarperCollins
Published Jan 1, 2009
18 pages
ISBN: 9780007341498
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Details
First Published
2009
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson.