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

Author(s)

• Sobel, Dava
• Armstrong, Neil

Bibliographic Information

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

Dava Sobel ; with a foreword by Neil Armstrong

Walker, 2007, c2005

• : pbk

Note

"First published in the United States by Walker & Company in 1995, 10th anniversary edition published 2005, this paperback edition published 2007"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 177-180

Includes index

Details

• NCID: BA9037395X
• ISBN:
  • 9780802715296
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 184 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 19 cm
• Classification:
  • DC : 526.62
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Harrison, John, 1693-1776
  • LCSH : Clock and watch makers -- England -- Biography
  • LCSH : Astronomical clocks -- England -- History
  • LCSH : Horology
  • LCSH : Longitude -- Research -- History