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Book Club Edition: Cosmos Award–winning author Dava Sobel

Author and historian of science Dava Sobel talks about her many wonderful books with The Planetary Society’s Mat Kaplan. Dava recently received the Society’s Cosmos Award.

The human stories behind the science: Dava Sobel receives the Cosmos Award

Dava Sobel receives The Planetary Society’s Cosmos Award for her extraordinary storytelling about science and discovery. We celebrate her work, hear from Bill Nye, and share updates on space policy and science communication.

Author Dava Sobel's New Book About Copernicus: A More Perfect Heaven

Author Dava Sobel's New Book About Copernicus: A More Perfect Heaven

Touring the Planets With Dava Sobel

Dava Sobel has just written The Planets. Not a drop of water on Jupiter's moon Io in Q and A, space headlines, and Mars comes close.