Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
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Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
Fourth Estate, 1996
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First published in 1995 by Walker
Includes bibliographical references (pp. 177-180) and index
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First published in 1996, Dava Sobel's story of an epic scientific quest - how to calculate longitude. The thorniest scientific problem of the day had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries until John Harrison dared to imagine a mechanical solution. The story encompasses astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
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