Longitude

Autor*innen

• Dava Sobel

Parameter

• Belletristik
• Biografien & Memoiren
• Geschichte
• Karten & Reisen
• Sachliteratur

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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.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Einband: Paperback