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Virginia Galilei (1600-1634), known as Suor Maria Celeste, was a member of the Poor Clare Order and was the eldest child of Galileo Galilei. Dava Sobel is the author of the international bestsellers Longitudeand Galileo's Daughter, which won a Christopher Award and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In 2001 she received both the National Science Board's Public Service Award and the Bradford Washburn Award from the Museum of Science in Boston.Galilei, Virginia is the author of 'Letters to Father Suor Maria Celeste to Galileo (1623-1633)', published 2002 under ISBN 9780142437155 and ISBN 0142437158.
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