Laura Capon Fermi was an Italian writer and political activist who became a naturalized American citizen. She was the wife of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi. Her writing often explored themes of political engagement and activism, frequently intertwining with her personal life and the scientific world of her husband.
An absorbing account of the origins of modern science as well as a biography, this book places particular emphasis on Galileo's experiments with telescopes and his observations of the sky.