John Harrison : the man who found longitude / with a foreword by Sir Richard Woolley.
Humphrey Quill
BookLongitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking. Through Dava Sobel's consummate skill, Longitude will open a new window on our world for all who read it.
Title |
Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / Dava Sobel. |
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Publisher |
London : Fourth Estate |
Creation Date |
1996 |
Notes |
First pubd.: New York : Walker, 1995. Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index. |
Extent |
viii, 184 pages 20 cm. |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
990043904990205171 |
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