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The Planets by Dava Sobel
Dava Sobel's The Glass Universe will be available from Viking in December 2016 With her bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compelling narrative. Now Sobel brings her full talents to bear on what is perhaps her most ambitious topic to date-the planets of our solar system. Sobel explores the origins and oddities of the planets through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history. Written in her characteristically graceful prose, The Planets is a stunningly original celebration of our solar system and offers a distinctive view of our place in the universe. * A New York Times extended bestseller* A Featured Alternate of the Book-of-the-Month Club, History Book Club, Scientific American Book Club, and Natural Science Book Club
* Includes 11 full-color illustrations by artist Lynette R. Cook The Planets] lets us fall in love with the heavens all over again.
-The New York Times Book Review Playful . . . lyrical . . . a guided tour so imaginative that we forget we're being educated as we're being entertained.
-Newsweek Sobel] has outdone her extraordinary talent for keeping readers enthralled. . . . Longitude and Galileo's Daughter were exciting enough, but The Planets has a charm of its own . . . . A splendid and enticing book.
-San Francisco Chronicle A sublime journey. Sobel's] writing . . . is as bright as the sun and its thinking as star-studded as the cosmos.
-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution An incantatory serenade to the Solar System. Grade A-
-Entertainment Weekly Like Sobel's Longitude and Galileo's Daughter] . . . The Planets] combines masterful storytelling with clear, engaging explanations of the essential scientific facts.
-Physics World
Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, The Planets, and A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Universe are all written by Dava Sobel (born June 15, 1947). She has written for a variety of publications, including Discover, Harvard Magazine, Smithsonian, and The New Yorker. Her most memorable work at the Times required her to spend 25 days as a research subject in the chronophysiology lab at Montefiore Hospital, where she was kept safe by boarded-up windows and specially trained personnel. She also earned the 2004 Harrison Medal from the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in England and the 2008 Klumpke-Roberts Prize from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for improving public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1964 and has taught various science writing workshops at the university level, as well as a two-year residency at the University of California, Berkeley.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670034468 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670034460 |
| Title | The Planets |
| Author | Dava Sobel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2005-10-11 |
| Number of pages | 270 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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