The Glass Universe

‘It takes a talented writer to interweave professional achievement with personal insight. By the time I finished The Glass Universe, Dava Sobel’s wonderful, meticulous account, it had moved me to tears … Unforgettable’ Nature

‘Sobel has done astronomy a valuable service in enabling a fascinating part of its history to become more widely known’ Spectator

‘Sobel tells [the story] with brio and sympathy, making excellent use of the rich archival materials’ Guardian

‘Engaging … Sobel has a knack for crisp narrative and a cracking story’ Financial Times

‘A joy to read’ The Wall Street Journal

‘Sobel lucidly captures the intricate, interdependent constellation of people it took to unlock mysteries of the stars … The Glass Universe positively glows’ NPR

‘An elegant historical tale [from] the master storyteller of astronomy’ The Boston Globe

‘Sobel vividly captures how her brilliant and ambitious protagonists charted the skies’ National Book Review

‘Sensitive, exacting, and lit with the wonder of discovery’ Elizabeth Kolbert

‘This is intellectual history at its finest’ Geraldine Brooks

‘Sobel soars higher than ever before continuing her streak of luminous science writing with this fascinating, witty, and most elegant history’ Booklist, Starred Review

Dava Sobel is the author of the international bestseller, Longitude, the bestselling Pulitzer Prize finalist Galileo’s Daughter, The Planets, A More Perfect Heaven, And the Sun Stood Still, and The Glass Universe, and co-author of The Illustrated Longitude. She is the recipient of the Individual Public Service Award from the National Science Board, the Bradford Washburn Award, the Kumpke-Roberts Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. A former New York Times science reporter and current editor of the “Meter” poetry column in Scientific American, she lives on Long Island.