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ISBN: 9781846971747 - The Sky's Dark Labyrinth
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The Sky's Dark Labyrinth

Stuart Clark

ISBN: 9781846971747
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Birlinn General
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A vivid, thrilling portrayal of the lives and work of Kepler and Galileo and their struggles with the social and political forces around them.

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At the dawn of the seventeenth century everyone believed that the sun revolved around the earth. Yet some men knew that the heavens did not move as they should. And some men began to suspect that this heresy was in fact the truth. As Europe convulsed in conflict between Catholic and Protestant, these men prepared to die for that truth. This is the story of Kepler and Galileo, two men whose struggle with themselves, with the forces of reaction and with the evidence that changed not simply themselves but our world. The Sky's Dark Labyrinth is the first of a trilogy of novels inspired by the dramatic struggles, personal and professional, and key historical events in man's quest to understand the Universe.
 
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