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Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / Dava Sobel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Fourth Estate, 1996.Description: 1 (viii, 184 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 526.62092 623.863092 21
  • 681.118 20
LOC classification:
  • QB225 .S64 1996
Other classification:
  • 55.08
Online resources: Summary: 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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Books Books Executive Office - 2nd Floor General Collection 526.6209 SO.L 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan 0003634

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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