Edward Dolnick

Edward Dolnick is the author of Down the Great Unknown and the Edgar Award-winning The Rescue Artist. A former chief science writer at the Boston Globe, he has written for The Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine, and many other publications. He lives with his wife near Washington, D.C.

Books Authored

Image of The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone
Author(s):
Edward Dolnick
Genre(s):
Narrative Nonfiction, History, Ancient Civilizations & Prehistory, European, French, Political & Social Science

The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

October 18, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Nicholas Delbanco

The human animal loves puzzles, and it’s all the more enticing if it’s a puzzle that others can’t solve.

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Image of The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
Author(s):
Edward Dolnick
Genre(s):
Historical, Scientists & Inventors, British

The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World

January 25, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Dr. Lydia Pyne

Europe in the year 1660 was an environment of interesting mixed historical contradictions.

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