Title: Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication Date: 1996
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0140258795
ISBN 13: 9780140258790
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good

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An award-winning science journalist traces the development of the marine chronometer by an obscure, uneducated clock maker--an invention that revolutionized sailing by allowing navigators to determine their ship's longitude. Reprint. Tour.

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Dava Sobel is an award-winning former science reporter for the New York Times, whose work has appeared in Audubon, Discover, Life, and the New Yorker. She lives in East Hampton, New York.

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