The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention That Changed the World
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Language: English
Published by Harcourt, 2001
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- Title
- The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention That Changed the World
- Author
- Aczel, Amir D.
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0151005060
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005062
The best-selling author of Fermat's Last Theorem and God's Equation discusses the twelfth-century invention of the compass; its dramatic influence on navigation and the rise of Italian sea power; and its impact on the development of world trade and the Age of Discovery. 35,000 first printing.
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Amir D. Aczel, Ph.D., science writer par excellence, grew up on a ship and was navigating straits in the Mediterranean long before he could drive a car. The author of Fermat's Last Theorem, God's Equation, and Probability 1, he lives with his wife and daughter in the Boston area and teaches at Bentley College.
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