In the spirit of longitude and galileos daughter, sobel once again brings science and history deftly to life as she explores the origins of the planets and reveals the exotic environments that exist in each of these fascinating alien worlds. Dava sobels the glass universe will be available from viking in december 2016 with her bestsellers longitude and galileos daughter, dava sobel introduced. The planets the planets is dava sobels sweeping look at our heavenly galaxy. The book celebrates earth and her nearest neighbors at this unique moment in history, when the old familiar solar family yields to a new definition of the word planet, and thousands of recently discovered exoplanets orbiting stars beyond the sun hold out the tantalizing possibility of. Dava sobel starts with the sun, then progresses, chapter by chapter, through the nine planets in our solar system in the order of their distance from the sun. Sobel knows how to tell an engaging story with grace, clarity, and a flair for characterization, sobel places these early women astronomers in the wider historical context of their field for the very first time. With her bestsellers longitude and galileos daughter, dava sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compelling narrative. The structure of sobels book extends from the sun to the outer planets, with individual chapters devoted to the terrestrial planets of mercury, venus, earth, and mars. The planets, dava sobel shop online for books in new zealand.
Sep 02, 2005 the planets by dava sobel 270pp, fourth estate. Review of the planets by dava sobel the science shelf. Even before the publication of longitude twentyfive years ago, i learned about a group of women who worked at the harvard college observatory in the nineteenth century, analyzing images of the stars to fantastic effect these ladies of pickerings harem aroused my curiosity, but i put them off while pursuing galileos daughter, exploring the planets, and turning copernicuss idea. This is another book i bought because of its beautiful cover, especially in the hardcover edition, and one which, after reading, i thought had failed in its job. Writing this book allowed me to link todays scientific exploration of the solar system with popular cultureeverything from astrology and. She graduated from the bronx high school of science and binghamton university. Oct 11, 2005 sobel explores the planets origins and oddities through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history. Her books include longitude, about english clockmaker john harrison, and galileos daughter, about galileo s daughter maria celeste, and the glass universe.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The planets, by former new york times science reporter dava sobel. Oct 04, 2005 the planets is dava sobel s sweeping look at our heavenly galaxy. With her bestsellers longitude and galileos daughter, dava sobel. Mar 31, 2017 author of longitude, galileos daughter, galileos daughter, the planets, arthritis, backache, longitude, the best american science writing 2004 best american science writing. A perfect gift and a captivating journey, the planets is a gorgeously illustrated study of our place in the universe that will mesmerize everyone who has ever gazed. Dec 18, 2005 dava sobels journey to the planets venus is the planet most like hell, while mars holds the most promise as second earth. Dava sobels the glass universe will be available from viking in december 2016. Her 1997 bestseller, longitude, the tale of john harrisons struggles to crack the secret of navigation. Dava sobel, a former new york times science reporter, is the author of longitude walker 1995 and 2005, penguin 1996, galileos daughter walker 1999 and 2011, penguin 2000, the planets viking 2005, penguin 2006, a more perfect heaven walker bloomsbury 2011 and 2012, and the sun stood still bloomsbury, 2016 and the glass universe viking, 2016. The narratives she spins for each planet, while sometimes a bit silly, are always compelling.
After the huge national and international success of longitude and gallileos daughter, dava sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system. What exercises really work by sobel, dava paperback book the fast. Ive read sobels galileos daughter, which i really enjoyed with the mixture of history, science and story, so i had high hopes for the planets. Ive read sobel s galileos daughter, which i really enjoyed with the mixture of history, science and story, so i had high hopes for the planets. Dava sobel writes about the 9 planets yes, pluto is included this was written in 2006 after all, plus the sun and the moon, in a way that is both lyrical and scientific.
Whether such details matter depends on whether you regard the book as scientific history or as entertainment. Dava sobels the glass universe will be available from viking in december 2016 with her bestsellers longitude and galileos daughter, dava sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compelling narrative. Sobels purpose in this lovely and personal volume is to show us the planets as she sees them. Quotations are badly formatted and the illustrations are completely missing. It was published by penguin books and has a total of 276 pages in the book. How the ladies of the harvard observatory took the measure of the stars. It is a kind of grabbag of information, giving ample space to mythology. 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.
Dava sobel talked about her book the planets, published by viking. Dava sobel s the glass universe will be available from viking in december 2016 with her bestsellers longitude and galileos daughter, dava sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compelling narrative. The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time the genius in question was john harrison, who spent decades trying to convince the british admiralty of the accuracy of his. Following the success of her bestselling book longitude, dava sobel, a former new york times science reporter, has turned her attention to. The author of the bestselling longitude, galileos daughter, and the glass universe, sobel s work has also appeared in audubon, discover, life, and the new yorker. Now, in the planets, sobel brings her full talents to bear on what is perhaps her most ambitious subject to datethe planets. Dava sobel is an awardwinning former science writer for the new york times. Once again, bestselling author sobel galileos daughter brings science to readers across the spectrum.
Planets is a whistlestop tour of the planets of the solar system. The music of the spheres has moved dava sobel to combine astronomy, history, poetry and mythology in the planets. She told how she came to write the book and develop its structure. In the planets, science journalist dava sobel travels some of this welltrodden ground with her unique flare and imagination. The planets the planets is dava sobel s sweeping look at our heavenly galaxy. Dava sobels journey to the planets venus is the planet most like hell, while mars holds the most promise as second earth. This groundbreaking new work traces the lives of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern eras. With her bestsellers longitude and galileos daughter, dava sobel intr. These facts and much else, both mythical and geological, about venus and its fellow planets are available in dava sobels new book, the. The planets by dava sobel 2005, hardcover for sale. The title of this book is the planets and it was written by dava sobel.
She read portions of her book about venus, the moon, mars and. Now sobel brings her full talents to bear on what is perhaps her most ambitious topic to date the planets of. The book celebrates earth and her nearest neighbors at this unique moment in history, when the old familiar solar family yields to a new definition of the word planet, and thousands of recently discovered exoplanets orbiting stars beyond the sun hold out the tantalizing possibility of extraterrestrial life. Now sobel brings her full talents to bear on what is perhaps her most ambitious topic to date the planets of our solar system. Now sobel brings her full talents to bear on what is perhaps her most ambitious topic to datethe planets of our solar system. Sobels previous books galileos daughter, 1999, etc. Sep 17, 2005 the planets by dava sobel fourth estate. Oct 02, 20 the book celebrates earth and her nearest neighbors at this unique moment in history, when the old familiar solar family yields to a new definition of the word planet, and thousands of recently discovered exoplanets orbiting stars beyond the sun hold out the tantalizing possibility of extraterrestrial life. Written in her characteristically graceful prose, the planets is a stunningly original celebration of our solar system and offers a distinctive view of. The planets by dava sobel in chm, djvu, rtf download e book. An awardwinning former science writer for the new york times, sobels work has also appeared in audubon, discover, and the new yorker.
Dava sobel is a writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. After the huge national and international success of longitude and. The planets by dava sobel overdrive rakuten overdrive. The planets by dava sobel, 9781841156217, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Dava sobel s the glass universe will be available from viking in december 2016with her bestsellers longitude and galileos daughter, dava sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compelling narrative. The planets is dava sobels sweeping look at our heavenly galaxy.
Jul 03, 2006 planets is a whistlestop tour of the planets of the solar system. Sobel explores the origins and oddities of the planets through the lens of popular culture, from. It is that rare book that will delight the experienced astronomer and, at the same time, engage someone eager to get to know the planets. Dava sobels the glass universe will be available from viking in december 2016with her bestsellers longitude and galileos daughter, dava sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compelling narrative. Written in her characteristically graceful prose, the planets is a stunningly original celebration of our solar system and offers a distinctive view of our. Following the success of her bestselling book longitude, dava sobel, a former new york times science reporter, has. I have her other two books, galileos daughter and longitude. Written in dava sobels characteristically graceful prose, the planets is a distinctive view of our place in the universe.
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