In this collection of 22 essays and one poem (by John Updike), accomplished essayists writing on subjects across the spectrum of science inform readers without talking down to them or falling into ...

Margaret Wertheim is the author of "The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space From Dante to the Internet." Ever since the breakaway success of “Longitude,” Dava Sobel’s charmingly told story ...

Few individuals have done as much to overturn people’s established view of The Way Things Are as Niklas Koppernigk, known to history by the Latinized version of his name, Nicolaus Copernicus. While he ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Dava Sobel, author of “Longitude,” “Galileo’s Daughter,” “The Planets” and “A More Perfect Heaven,” will be the featured speaker at the Buffalo Humanities Festival happening Sept.

Imaginary lines -- Sea before time -- Adrift in a clockwork universe -- Time in a bottle -- Powder of sympathy -- Prize -- Cogmaker's journal -- Grasshopper goes to sea -- Hands on Heaven's clock -- ...

The National Science Board (NSB) has selected author Dava Sobel to receive its 2001 individual Public Service Award. The NSB honored Sobel for fostering awareness of science and technology among broad ...

Venus is the planet most like Hell, while Mars holds the most promise as second Earth. The Planets, by former New York Times science reporter Dava Sobel, explores the myths — and science — behind the ...