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  Life of Galileo (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)(English / German) By (author) Bertolt Brecht, Edited by John Willett, Edited by Ralph Manheim, Translated by John Willett, Foreword by Richard Foreman, Introduction by Norman Roessler

  

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  Short Description for Life of GalileoGalileo Ranks alongside Mother Courage and Mr. Puntila as one of Brecht's most intensely alive, human, and complex characters. In "Life of Galileo," the great Renaissance scientist is in a brutal struggle for freedom from authoritarian dogma. Unable to satisfy his appetite for scientific investigation, he comes into conflict with the Inquisition and must publicly renounce his theories, though in p...
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  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Published: 01 June 2008
  • Format: Paperback 256 pages
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  • Categories: Plays, Playscripts
  • ISBN 13: 9780143105381 ISBN 10: 0143105388
  • Sales rank: 98,636

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• Galileo Ranks alongside Mother Courage and Mr. Puntila as one of Brecht's most intensely alive, human, and complex characters. In "Life of Galileo," the great Renaissance scientist is in a brutal struggle for freedom from authoritarian dogma. Unable to satisfy his appetite for scientific investigation, he comes into conflict with the Inquisition and must publicly renounce his theories, though in private he goes on working on his revolutionary ideas.