Galileo Galilei

I've just started my sabbatical research leave. One of the things I would like to do, apart from working on my writing projects, is to read books at the peripheral of my research interest, which at the moment is mathematics. For a starter, I read Atle Naess's Galileo Galilei: When the World Stood Still. Since this is not meant to be a book review, what I can say is that the one lesson from the book is this: Don't to make unnecessary enemies in academia, for otherwise, it will come back to haunt you!