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Stranger Than... - Longitude 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 longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the 18th century, and had been for centuries. This work presents the story of this scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius, John Harrison.

  • Blackwell

    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. The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how...

  • 0007241836
  • 9780007241835
  • Dava Sobel
  • 5 February 2007
  • Harper Perennial
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 208
  • (Reissue)
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