Dava Sobel

Dava Sobel
Sobel in 2015
Born (1947-06-15) June 15, 1947 (age 77)[1]
The Bronx, New York City
EducationBronx High School of Science
Alma materBinghamton University
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada, Klumpke-Roberts Award
Websitewww.davasobel.com Edit this at Wikidata
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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.

  1. ^ Sobel, Dava. "Self-Portrait". Retrieved December 26, 2013.