Award Winning Books by
DAVA SOBEL

Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel 254 reviews (1999) (296p) (PP Bio) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Galileo Galilei's telescopes allowed him to discover a new reality in the heavens. But for publicly declaring his astounding argument--that the earth revolves around the sun--he was accused of heresy and put under house arrest by the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Living a far different life, Galileo's daughter Virginia, a cloistered nun, proved to be her father's greatest source of strength thro... more >>

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel 290 reviews (1996) (704p) (ALA Non) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

On its 10th anniversary, a gift edition of this classic book, with a forward by one of history's greatest explorers, and eight pages of color illustrations.   Anyone alive in the eighteeth century would have known that "the logitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--and ... more >>

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Dava Sobel Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 2   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 2   Pulitzer Prize Wins 0   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 1 Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 0   National Book Award Wins 0   National Book Award Nominations 0   Man Booker Prize Wins 0   Man Booker Prize Nominations 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 0

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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