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resource Key John Grossa, geography professor emeritus, shows Dava Sobel a photo of a tall case clock he owns that has a face developed on the meridians of longitude. Sobel's most famous book, "Longitude, network movie starring Jeremy Irons. Libraries provide foundation for award-winning author's work Walking to the middle of the Park Library auditorium stage, award-winning author Dava Sobel paused and smiled. "I'm happy to be here. I'm even happier to be here in a library, people attending her presentation at the annual Friends of the Libraries luncheon on Saturday, May 22. " she told the nearly 100 It was in a library, Sobel said, that she stumbled on the idea for her book "Galileo's Daughter, While conducting research about Galileo, Sobel discovered a letter he received from his eldest child. Through further investigation Sobel realized there were Times Book Prize for science and technology, a 2000 Christopher Award and was a finalist for the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in biography. " which won the 1999 Los Angeles " won the 1997 British Book of the Year Award and was made into a cable 124 surviving letters to Galileo from his daughter, and they are preserved in a library in Italy. Sobel soon translated them from the original Italian and used them to share the story of Galileo's work. "I had to go to Italy to see the actual letters. It was the thrill of my life, "(My mentor) said, 'When you read the letters, just remember who read them first.' " Sobel said. "Something about libraries that I don't know if people respect are the collections of things that are rare, that are wonderful, and that are available to the public free of charge," Sobel said. Sobel is a former New York Times science reporter. Throughout the past three decades her writing has appeared in numerous magazines, including Harvard Magazine, Omni, Science Digest, Discover and The New Yorker. presents as the 2010 Friends of the Libraries guest speaker. Science writer Dava Sobel While her most recent book is "The Planets," her most famous book is "Longitude," which won the 1997 British Book of the Year Award and was made into a cable network movie starring Jeremy Irons. In addition, "Longitude" and "Galileo's Daughter" were developed into NOVA documentaries. To learn more about how you can become a member of the CMU Friends of the Libraries, contact Megan Moreno, director of development and community outreach, at 989-774-1826 or brook1mr@cmich.edu. • 7