Biography - Sobel, Dava (1947-): An article from: ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 11 Publication Date: 2005-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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Longitude
Amazon.com Review: The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing [... more]
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The Best American Science Writing 2004
Going down the rabbit hole: An enjoyable collection of essays, read them on vacation curled up next to the fireplace, a highly enjoyable time! Here are some thoughts on the individual elements: Jennifer Kahn - "Stripped for Parts" A somewhat [... more]
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The Planets
My verdict: essentially mediocre, justified (by) Sobel's unusually nice prose: In the hierarchy of sciences, astronomy must be towards the top in popularity, and within that field, the topic of the planets continues to fascinate. Dating back to the era [... more]
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La Hija de Galileo (Spanish Edition)
Author: Dava Sobel Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 900 EAN: 9788483062265 ISBN: 8483062267 Number Of Pages: 376 Publication Date: 1999 [... more]
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Backache: What Exercises Work
Extremely mediocre & extremely non evidence based: All clinician-scientist as well as lay people in their right mind believe in evidence base medicine This kind of lay discussion on 'exercises' without detailed recourse to evidence, nor comparison [... more]
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved ...
Amazon.com Review: The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing [... more]
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Galileo's Daughter: A Drama of Science, Faith and Love
Amazon.com Review: Everyone knows that Galileo Galilei dropped cannonballs off the leaning tower of Pisa, developed the first reliable telescope, and was convicted by the Inquisition for holding a heretical belief--that the earth revolved around the sun. [... more]
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved ...
Amazon.com Review: The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing [... more]
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Longitude: The True Story of the Lone Genius Who Solved ...
Amazon.com Review: The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing [... more]
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved ...
Amazon.com Review: The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing [... more]
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved ...
Amazon.com Review: The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing [... more]
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