What Fauber does well is humanize these four residents of the pantheon of science... The story is seldom less than fascinating. A readable enjoyable contribution to the history of science. Kirkus An intimate examination of a scientific family that of Nicolaus Copernicus Tycho Brahe Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei. Fauber juxtaposes their scientific work with insight into their personal lives and political considerations which shaped their pursuit of knowledge. Uniquely he shows how their