Ya know, BillD, I am reading a book right now which brings you and all of the rest of us, and our endless debates, to mind on almost every page. It is called Galileo's Daughter and is based on letters written to him by his eldest daughter, Sister Maria Celeste. Not all of the letters are included, but the ones which are, are interspersed among chapters regarding what he was doing at the time, most of which, of course, is figuring out how to expound and make public his scientific findings without pissing off the Church. It's really good...by Dava Sobel.