Dava Sobel

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Dava Sobel speaking at a Yale event
Dava Sobel speaking at a Yale event

Dava Sobel (born 1947[1]) is a writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and Binghamton University. Her works include:

Longitude was dramatized for television by Charles Sturridge and Granada Film in 1999, and was shown in the US by A&E. Michael Gambon played John Harrison, and Jeremy Irons played Rupert Gould, who restored Harrison's timepieces for posterity in the mid 20th century.

Sobel made her first foray into teaching at the University of Chicago as the Vare Writer-in-Residence during Winter 2006. She taught a one-quarter seminar on "Writing About Science."

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  1. ^ Sobel, Dava. Self Portrait. Dava Sobel Author of Longitude. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.

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