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  • Longitude The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

    Dava Sobel

    Mass Market Paperback (Penguin USA, March 15, 1996)
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  • Longitude Uk Edition True Story of a Lone Gen

    Dava Sobel

    Hardcover (Fourth Estate, July 31, 1996)
    Where there is love there is life. This item may show signs of shelf wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May or, may not, include supplemental or companion materials, if applicable. Access codes may or may not work.
  • Illustrated Longitude - True Story Of A Lone Genius Who Solved The Greatest Scientific Problem Of His Time

    William J. H. Sobel, Dava; Andrewes

    Hardcover (Walker & Company, March 15, 1998)
    Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.
  • Longitude

    Dava Sobel, Kate Reading, Neil Armstrong

    Audio CD (Random House Audio, Oct. 11, 2005)
    An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Ships ran aground on rocky shores; those traveling well-known routes were easy prey to pirates.In 1714, England's Parliament offered a huge reward to anyone whose method of measuring longitude could be proven successful. The scientific establishment--from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton--had mapped the heavens in its certainty of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution--a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land. And the race was on....
  • Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

    Dava Sobel

    Paperback (Walker & Company, Oct. 30, 2007)
    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.
  • Longitude

    Dava Sobel

    Paperback (Walker And Company, March 15, 2005)
    Longitude
  • Longitude The True Story of a Lone Genius who solved the

    Dava Sobel, Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

    Hardcover (Walkwr, March 15, 1995)
    by Dava Sobel,Walker & ComNY, 1995, 6th ptg, sm 8vo, sources,index New ins in New DJ
  • The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

    William J. H. Sobel, Dava; Andrews

    Paperback (Walker & Company, March 15, 2009)
    Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.
  • Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Pr

    Dava Sobel

    Paperback (Walker & Co., March 15, 1995)
    Book is new, but DJ shows ever so slight shelf wear.
  • Longitude

    Dava Sobel

    Paperback (Harpercollins Pub Ltd, May 31, 1998)
    Anyone alive in the 18th 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. The quest for a solution had occupied scientists, and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in 1714, England's Parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom to anyone whose method or device proved successful. The scientific establishment throughout Europe had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution - a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land. This work tells the story of this epic scientific quest, and of Harrison's 40-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. It also provides a brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
  • Longitude: The True Story of the Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

    Dava Sobel, Jane Jacobs

    Audio Cassette (Macmillan Audio, March 15, 1996)
    An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, Longitude is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.For centuries, the determination of longitude was thought to be an impossibility. 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.The quest for a solution had occupied scientists for the better part of two centuries when, in 1714, England's Parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom -- ÂŁ20,000, or about $12,000,000 in today's currency -- to anyone whose method or device proved successful. Countless quacks weighed in with preposterous suggestions.Then one man -- an unschooled woodworker named John Harrison -- 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.
  • Longitude Illustrated Edition

    Dava Sobel

    Paperback (Harpercollins Pub Ltd, Oct. 31, 1999)
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