Dava Sobel Movies

  • 1998
    Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

    Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

    Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

    91998HD

    It was one of humankind's most epic quests - a technical problem so complex that it challenged the best minds of its time, a problem so important...

    Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
  • 2000
    Longitude

    Longitude

    Longitude

    7.32000HD

    Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.

    Longitude
  • 2010
    Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

    Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

    Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

    82010HD

    Brooklyn-born Ruth Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world before going on to become an international foreign correspondent and photojournalist...

    Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
  • 2002
    Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens

    Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens

    Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens

    02002HD

    Based on Dava Sobel’s bestselling book, Galileo’s Daughter, this documentary reveals a new side to the famously stubborn scientist...

    Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens