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Galileo's Daughter

Galileo's Daughter

An Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love

by Dava Sobel
Paperback
Publication Date: 27/11/2000

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-- Also appeared on the Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Publishers Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Independent, Wordstock, NCIBA, and Booksense bestseller lists
-- Winner of the Christopher Award and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award
-- Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, and the American Library Association
-- Longitude sold more than 300,000 copies in paperback and spent 25 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list
-- The Penguin edition features a stunning package with a beautiful step-back cover
ISBN:
9780140280555
9780140280555
Category:
Biography: general
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
27-11-2000
Publisher:
Penguin Putnam Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
432
Dimensions (mm):
215x140x23mm
Weight:
0.39kg
Dava Sobel

Dava Sobel, a former New York Times science reporter, is the author of ‘Longitude’, a prize-winning international bestseller, and ‘Galileo's Daughter’, which was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize.

She has co-authored six books, including ‘Is Anyone Out There?’ with astronomer Frank Drake, and ‘The Illustrated Longitude’ with William J. H. Andrewes.

Dava Sobel has won a number of awards for her outstanding contribution towards public understanding of science. She lives in East Hampton, New York.

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