Longitude

The True Story of a Lone Genius who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

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Dava Sobel

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Seitenzahl: 198 Seiten
Lesezeit: 7 Stunden

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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.