Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens

  • Premiere: 2002. October 29.

Based on Dava Sobel’s bestselling book, Galileo’s Daughter, this documentary reveals a new side to the famously stubborn scientist – that his closest confidante was his illegitimate daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun.

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Simon Callow

Galileo

Crew

Brian McDairmant

Cinematography

Directing

Peter Jones

Director

Production

David Axelrod

Producer

Sound

Writing

Dava Sobel

Writer

Crew

Brian McDairmant

Cinematography

Directing

Peter Jones

Director

Production

David Axelrod

Producer

Sound

Writing

Dava Sobel

Writer