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Longitude

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

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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.

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Longitude, Dava Sobel

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1998
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Untertitel
The True Story of a Lone Genius who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Sprache
Englisch
Autor*innen
Dava Sobel
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Einband
Paperback
Seitenzahl
198
ISBN10
1857025717
ISBN13
9781857025712
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Erstveröffentlichung
1995
Originaltitel
Longitude
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Beschreibung
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.