Sobel, Dava

LC control no.	n 84010041
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3619.O3738
Personal name heading	Sobel, Dava *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	סובל, דווה
Special note	Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found in	Klein, A.C. Backache relief, c1985: CIP t.p. (Dava Sobel) Her Arthritis, c1989: t.p. (Dava Sobel) p. 473 (b. 1947) Longitude, 2007: t.p. (Dava Sobel) Communication from author's agent, 25 Aug. 2011 (Dava Sobel wrote medical books prior to Longitude and other books on scientific topics) Amazon.com, viewed on 07-17-2015: (Dava Sobel; (born June 15, 1947) is the author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, The Planets, and most recently A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos. A former staff science reporter for The New York Times, she has also written for numerous magazines, including Discover, Harvard Magazine, Smithsonian, and The New Yorker. Her work has won recognition from the National Science Board, which gave her its 2001 Individual Public Service Award "for fostering awareness of science and technology among broad segments of the general public." She also received the 2004 Harrison Medal from the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in England and the 2008 Klumpke-Roberts Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for "increasing the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy." A 1964 graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, she has taught several seminars in science writing at the university level, and held a two-year residency at Smith College in fall 2013)