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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Autor principal:	Sobel, Dava
Formato:	eBook
Lenguaje:	inglés
Publicado:	London : Fourth Estate, 1996.
Materias:	Harrison, John, > 1693-1776. Harrison, John, > (1693-1776) Clock and watch makers > Great Britain > Biography. Longitude > Measurement > History. Geography Geography > history Clock and watch makers. Longitude > Histoire. Longitude > Measurement. Navigasjon > Biografi. Geografische lengte. Horlogemakers. Navigatie. Scheepvaart. Sterrenkunde. Great Britain. kartografi kronometer lengdegrader navigasjon populærvitenskap tidsmåling vitenskapsmenn Biographies. History.
Acceso en línea:	Free eBook from the Internet Archive Additional information and access via Open Library Kostenfrei

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