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The story of mariners' centuries-long search for ways of determining longitude that tells not only of the scientific advances but of the perseverance, pettiness, politics, & interesting anecdotes involved. 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.
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Royal Society, Harrison timekeepers, Kendall timekeepers, Lunar distance method, Lunar tables, chronometer, GMT, Literature in Italian, History, Biography, Chronometers, Clock and watch makers, Measurement, Longitude, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Nonfiction, Science, Horology, Astronomical clocks, Research, Harrison, john, 1693-1776, Chronomètre, Navigatie, Sterrenkunde, Histoire, Scheepvaart, Horlogemakers, Geografische lengte, Large type books, Geography, Navigasjon, Biografi, Clocks and watch makers, Astronomical clock, Biographie, Schiffschronometer, Geografische Länge, Messung, Great britain, biography, Scientists, Social & cultural aspects of technology, Scientists - biography, Science - applied, Applied science, General & miscellaneous transportation, Physics, Exploration & discovery, Scient, Biography and autobiographyPeople
John Harrison, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Edmond Halley, Larcum Kendall, John Harrison (1693-1776)Places
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Longitude: the story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
2007, Harper Perennial
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Nov 01, 2007, Perfection Learning
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
October 30, 2007, Walker & Company
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Longitude
October 11, 2005, RH Audio
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
September 15, 2005, Walker & Company
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Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
2005, MJF Books
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Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
2003, RB Large Print
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Jing du: xun zhao di qiu ke du de ren = Longitude
2000, Hainan chu ban she
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Lengtegraad: Het ware verhaal van een eenzaam genie dat het grootste wetenschappelijke probleem van zijn tijd oploste
June 1999, Ambol|Anthos
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in Dutch
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Longitude
July 1999, ISIS Large Print Books
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
January 1998, Isis
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Longitude
June 4, 1998, Fourth Estate, Harpercollins Pub Ltd
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Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
1998, Harper Perennial, HARPER PERENNIAL
in English
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
1997, Debate
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Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
1996, Fourth Estate
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
October 1, 1996, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Longitude: The True Story of the Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
March 15, 1996, Audio Renaissance
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Longitude: The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
1996, Fourth Estate
Hardcover
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Longitude
December 2, 1996, HarperCollins Audio
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Longitude: l'histoire vraie du génie solitaire qui résolut le plus grand problème scientifique de son temps
December 1, 1996, J.-C. Lattès
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Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
1995, Walker
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index.
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The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem."
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 ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land.
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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