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          Dava Sobel, a former New York Times science reporter, is the author of Longitude (Walker and , Penguin ), Galileo's Daughter (Walker and...

          Dava Sobel (born June 15, , The Bronx, New York) is an American writer of popular expositions of scientific topics.

          Sobel, Dava 1947-

          PERSONAL: Born June 15, 1947, in New York, NY; daughter of Samuel H. (a physician) and Betty (a chemist; maiden name, Gruber) Sobel; married Arthur C. Klein (an author; divorced, December 14, 1995); children: Zoe Rachel, Issac.

          Education: State University of New York—Binghamton, Bx.H.S. of Science, 1969. Politics: Democrat.

          Review.

        1. Longitude, Dava Sobel's no.1 bestseller, is the elegant biography of the lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his times.
        2. Dava Sobel, a former New York Times science reporter, is the author of Longitude (Walker and , Penguin ), Galileo's Daughter (Walker and
        3. The Illustrated Longitude recounts in words and images the epic quest to solve the thorniest scientific problem of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
        4. Longitude The True Story of · Dava Sobel William Andrewes The Illustrated · Longitude the true Sobel · Latitude Audiobook Free with trial.

          5. Religion: Jewish. Hobbies and other interests: Ballroom dancing, amateur astronomy.

          ADDRESSES: Agent—Michael Carlisle, William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019-6011.

          CAREER: Author.

          New York Times, New York, NY, science reporter, 1979-82; astronomy columnist for East Hampton Independent, East Hampton, NY, 1994—, and for the Discovery Channel Online, 1996—.

          MEMBER: Planetary Society, National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, American Association of University Women.

          AWARDS, HONORS: American Psychological Foundation National Media Award, 1980; Lowell Thomas Award from Society of A