Longitude
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
By Dava SobelThe dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem.
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
By Dava SobelDescribes the forty-year effort of John Harrison to invent the chronometer, the first instrument able to keep accurate time for navigational purposes.
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Longitude
By Dava SobelThe dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a Foreword by Neil Armstrong.
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
By Dava SobelSobel presents the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of John Harrison's 40-year obsession with building the perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer.
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
By Dava SobelDescribes the forty-year effort of John Harrison to invent the chronometer, the first instrument able to keep accurate time for navigational purposes