Longitude: The True Story of a Lone G...
Dava SobelAnyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that “the longitude problem” was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day—and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailor...
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memo...
Dava SobelInspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of Galileo's daughter, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has written a biography unlike any other of the man Albert Einstein called "the father of mo...
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of...
Dava SobelNew from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People), little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy"A joy to read." —The Wall Street JournalNamed one of the ...