Longitude

Autor*innen

• Dava Sobel

Parameter

• Biografien
• Historisches Thema
• Karten & Reisen
• Sachbücher
• Wahre Geschichten

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First published in 1996, Dava Sobel's story of an epic scientific quest - how to calculate longitude. The thorniest scientific problem of the day had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries until John Harrison dared to imagine a mechanical solution. The story encompasses astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Einband: Paperback