Longitude

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

Autori

• Dava Sobel

Parametri

• 198 pagine
• 7 ore di lettura

• Biografie e pensieri
• Mappe e viaggi
• Narrativa
• Saggistica
• Storia

Maggiori informazioni sul libro

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.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1998

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