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 Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.
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- ISBN: 9780802779434
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208 pages - Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010.
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| General Note: | Electronic book. |
| Target Audience Note: | 1310L Lexile |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Bloomsbury Publishing 2010 Available via World Wide Web. |
| System Details Note: | Format: Adobe EPUB Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 1.7 MB) |