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Dava Sobel on Her Latest Book

Thu, 01/30/2025 - 16:51
Glen Allsop

The next guest in the Springs Historical Society’s Meet the Author series is Dava Sobel, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and the author of “Galileo’s Daughter.” Ms. Sobel, who lives in Springs, will be at Ashawagh Hall on Tuesday at 6 p.m. to talk about her latest, “The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science.”

Named a best science and nature book of the year by The Guardian, it sheds light on the revolutionary discoveries made by Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and a pioneer for women in science.

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