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Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel (2005, Compact Disc, Unabridged edition)
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An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking. During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Ships ran aground on rocky shores; those traveling well-known routes were easy prey to pirates. In 1714, England's Parliament offered a huge reward to anyone whose method of measuring longitude could be proven successful. The scientific establishment--from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton--had mapped the heavens in its certainty of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution--a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land. And the race was on....Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Audio Publishing Group
ISBN-100739323784
ISBN-139780739323786
eBay Product ID (ePID)201046485
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TopicGeneral
Publication Year2005
Book TitleLongitude : the True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorDava Sobel
FormatCompact Disc
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