Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Book

The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing story of the clockmaker, John "Longitude" Harrison, who solved the problem that Newton and Galileo had failed to conquer, yet claimed only half the promised rich reward. Read More

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    The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new foreword by astronaut Neil Armstrong.

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    Longitude : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780007214228 : 0007214227 : 17 Nov 2011 : The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong.

  • 0007214227
  • 9780007214228
  • Dava Sobel
  • 5 September 2005
  • Harper Perennial
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 208
  • 10th Anniversary ed
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