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Home » Culture, history and society » Shelf life: Dava Sobel

Shelf life: Dava Sobel

04 Jan 2006

Dava Sobel is a writer and former science reporter for the New York Times. Her books include Longitude and The Planets, which was published last year.

Dava Sobel
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