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Dava Sobel
Dava Sobel is the internationally renowned author of the bestselling Longitude – winner of the 1997 British Book of the Year Award – Galileo’s Daughter and The Planets. She is also an award-winning former science reporter for the New York Times and writes frequently about science for several magazines, including the New Yorker, Audubon, Discover, Life and Omni. She lives in East Hampton, New York.
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GALILEO’S DAUGHTER: A Drama of Science, Faith and Love [ePub edition]
This edition does not include illustrations. From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia.
Publication date: UK 28th Apr 2011
LONGITUDE [ePub edition]
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The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a Foreword by Neil Armstrong. This edition does not include illustrations.
Publication date: UK 28th Apr 2011
THE PLANETS [ePub edition]
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This edition does not include illustrations. After the huge national and international success of ‘Longitude’ and ‘Gallileo’s Daughter’, Dava Sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system.
Publication date: UK 28th Apr 2011
GALILEO’S DAUGHTER: A Drama of Science, Faith and Love
From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia.
Publication date: UK 6th Nov 2009
TO FATHER: The Letters of Sister Maria Celeste to Galileo, 1623–1633
The story of Galileo's daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, as told through her letters to her father. A companion to the bestselling Galileo's Daughter, the letters are edited and introduced by Dava Sobel.
Publication date: UK 1st Jul 2008
Stranger Than… — LONGITUDE
The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius.
Publication date: UK 5th Feb 2007
THE PLANETS
After the huge national and international success of ‘Longitude’ and ‘Gallileo’s Daughter’, Dava Sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system.
Publication date: UK 3rd Jul 2006
LONGITUDE
The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong.
Publication date: UK 5th Sep 2005