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Longitude

The True Story of a Lone Genius who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

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First published in 1996, Dava Sobel's story of an epic scientific quest - how to calculate longitude. The thorniest scientific problem of the day had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries until John Harrison dared to imagine a mechanical solution. The story encompasses astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.

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Longitude, Dava Sobel

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Rok vydania
1998
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The True Story of a Lone Genius who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Jazyk
anglicky
Vydavateľ
Fourth Estate
Rok vydania
1998
Väzba
mäkká
Počet strán
198
ISBN10
1857025717
ISBN13
9781857025712
Série
Prvé vydanie
1995
Pôvodný názov
Longitude
Hodnotenie
3,9 z 5
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First published in 1996, Dava Sobel's story of an epic scientific quest - how to calculate longitude. The thorniest scientific problem of the day had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries until John Harrison dared to imagine a mechanical solution. The story encompasses astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.