Dava Sobel
Dava Sobel | |
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Sobel in 2015 | |
| Born | June 15, 1947 The Bronx, New York City |
| Education | Bronx High School of Science |
| Alma mater | Binghamton University |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada, Klumpke-Roberts Award |
| Website | www |
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Dava Sobel (born June 15, 1947) is an American writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. Her books include Longitude, about English clockmaker John Harrison; Galileo's Daughter, about Galileo's daughter Maria Celeste; and The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars about the Harvard Computers.