Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / Dava Sobel.
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TextPublication details: London : Fourth Estate, 1996.Description: 1 (viii, 184 pages)Content type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- Harrison, John, 1693-1776
- Harrison, John, (1693-1776)
- Harrison, John, 1693-1776
- Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Longitude -- Measurement -- History
- Geography
- Geography -- history
- Clock and watch makers
- Longitude -- Histoire
- Longitude -- Measurement
- Navigasjon -- Biografi
- Geografische lengte
- Horlogemakers
- Navigatie
- Scheepvaart
- Sterrenkunde
- Great Britain
- kartografi
- kronometer
- lengdegrader
- navigasjon
- populærvitenskap
- tidsmåling
- vitenskapsmenn
- 526.62092 623.863092 21
- 681.118 20
- QB225 .S64 1996
- 55.08
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First pubd.: New York : Walker, 1995.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index.
Longitude 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.
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