Dava Sobel

A biography from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, chronicling the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory.

Number one New York Times best-selling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story of women in science....

Written in Dava Sobel's characteristically graceful prose, The Planets is a distinctive view of our place in the universe....

In her graceful, compelling style, Dava Sobel chronicles the history of the Copernican Revolution, relating the story of astronomy from Aristotle to the Middle Ages....