Writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. Notable works include "Longitude" about English clockmaker John Harrison, "Galileo's Daughter" about Galileo's daughter Maria Cel...
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Writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. Notable works include "Longitude" about English clockmaker John Harrison, "Galileo's Daughter" about Galileo's daughter Maria Celeste, and "The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars" about the Harvard Computers.