Dava Sobel, Kate Reading
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
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(Random House Aug. 15, 2012)
, Unabridged edition
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.
- ISBN
- 1616372788 / 9781616372781
- Weight
- 1.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.3 x 5.4 in.