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Dava Sobel

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1947 · age 79

Dava Sobel 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...

Dava Sobel is read about 55 times a day, in 17 languages.

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Klumpke-Roberts Award2008
Guggenheim Fellowship

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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.

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Born 1947 · age 79

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