Galileo Galilei - When the World Stood Still
Autor: | Atle Naess |
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EAN: | 9783540270546 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 23.02.2006 |
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Schlagworte: | Europe Galileo Galilei History of Mathematics Revolution evolution |
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His biography of Galileo won the Brage Award for best Norwegian non-fiction book in 2001
The Norwegian edition has sold nearly 6000 copies
Biographies as a genre are very popular
The author was born in 1949. He studied language and literature at Oslo University and worked for some years as a teacher at various levels before becoming an independent writer of novels and non-fiction. Among his books is a novel about the Italian painter Caravaggio, translated into English under the title 'Doubting Thomas' [in German as 'Caravaggio's Flucht']. His biography of Galileo won the Brage Award for best Norwegian non-fiction book in 2001. Næss' most recent work is a biography of the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch.