{"product_id":"galileos-dream-9780553590876","title":"Galileo's Dream","description":"\u003cb\u003eNominated for the Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards - In this brilliant novel that spans centuries and planets, the bestselling author of the Mars trilogy melds Galileo's life with the colonization of the moons he discovered.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the heart of this provocative narrative that stretches from Renaissance Italy to the moons of Jupiter is the father of modern science: Galileo Galilei. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo the inhabitants of the Jovian moons, Galileo is a revered figure whose actions will influence the subsequent history of the human race. From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. And if that means Galileo must be burned at the stake, so be it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Galileo's heresy trial to the politics of far-future Jupiter, Kim Stanley Robinson illuminates the parallels between a distant past and an even more remote future--in the process celebrating the human spirit and calling into question the convenient truths of our own moment in time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Worlds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553590876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.58w x 1.23d","brand":"Kim Stanley Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034379645109,"sku":"9780553590876","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_30b1b30b-e907-4e42-99df-0c8cc630fc30.jpg?v=1763593934","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/galileos-dream-9780553590876","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}