Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Dava Sobel
| ISBN: | 9780802779434 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Published: | 5 July, 2010 |
| Format: | eBook |
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Dava Sobel
Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great
