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Dava Sobel

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Born: June 14 1947

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Dava Sobel is an accomplished writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. A 1964 graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Ms. Sobel attended Antioch College and the City College of New York before receiving her bachelor of arts degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1969. She holds honorary doctor of letters degrees from the University of Bath, in England, and Middlebury College, Vermont, both awarded in 2002.

In her four decades as a science journalist she has written for many magazines, including Audubon, Discover, Life and The New Yorker, served as a contributing editor to Harvard Magazine and Omni, and co-authored five books, including Is Anyone Out There? with astronomer Frank Drake. Her most well known work is Longitude.

The asteroid 30935 Davasobel is named for her.

Dava Sobel

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: June 14 1947

Website: Go to Website

Dava Sobel is an accomplished writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. A 1964 graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Ms. Sobel attended Antioch College and the City College of New York before receiving her bachelor of arts degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1969. She holds honorary doctor of letters degrees from the University of Bath, in England, and Middlebury College, Vermont, both awarded in 2002.

In her four decades as a science journalist she has written for many magazines, including Audubon, Discover, Life and The New Yorker, served as a contributing editor to Harvard Magazine and Omni, and co-authored five books, including Is Anyone Out There? with astronomer Frank Drake. Her most well known work is Longitude.

The asteroid 30935 Davasobel is named for her.

Books from Dava Sobel

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The Planets

3.6/5 ( ratings)

On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

3.5/5 ( ratings)

A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1,000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America

The Planets

3.4/5 ( ratings)

The Best American Science Writing 2004

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Arthritis: What Exercises Work: Breakthrough Relief For The Rest Of Your Life, Even After Drugs & Surgery Have Failed

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Backache: What Exercises Work

3.7/5 ( ratings)

And the Sun Stood Still

4.1/5 ( ratings)

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