Featured Book for Friday, July 1, 2005
NONFICTION
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel (Penguin, ISBN 0140258795, $11.95)
It's usually not all that necessary to draw attention to backlist titles, and Sobel's book made a tremendous splash when it was published in 1995 by Walker Publishing.
Now it's time for you to familiarize yourself with her previous work, in anticipation of her upcoming book, The Planets. Sobel, who also wrote Galileo's Daughter, is a true talent when it comes to making science and discovery accessible and easy to understand. But this is not a science book.
Longitude is more of an adventure tale as it tracks the trials of John Harrison, the man who made transoceanic navigation safer and cartography accurate. Personally, I can't wait to read The Planets later this year. We met Dava Sobel in New York, and we have serious hopes that New Albany will be part of her book tour this fall. Stay tuned.
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel (Penguin, ISBN 0140258795, $11.95)
It's usually not all that necessary to draw attention to backlist titles, and Sobel's book made a tremendous splash when it was published in 1995 by Walker Publishing.
Now it's time for you to familiarize yourself with her previous work, in anticipation of her upcoming book, The Planets. Sobel, who also wrote Galileo's Daughter, is a true talent when it comes to making science and discovery accessible and easy to understand. But this is not a science book.
Longitude is more of an adventure tale as it tracks the trials of John Harrison, the man who made transoceanic navigation safer and cartography accurate. Personally, I can't wait to read The Planets later this year. We met Dava Sobel in New York, and we have serious hopes that New Albany will be part of her book tour this fall. Stay tuned.
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