Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time /
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, nav...
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| Natura: | eBook |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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London :
Fourth Estate,
1996.
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| Accesso online: | Free eBook from the Internet Archive Additional information and access via Open Library Kostenfrei |
| Riassunto: | 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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| Descrizione del documento: | First pubd.: New York : Walker, 1995. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 (viii, 184 pages) |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index. |