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Sobel, Dava.

Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / Dava Sobel. - London : Fourth Estate, 1998. - viii, 183p. ; 18 cm

Originally published: U.S.: Walker, 1995; London: Fourth Estate, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) and index.

This is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest - the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius.

ISBN: 9781857025712 £5.99 9781857025712

Subjects--Personal Names:
Harrison, John, b.1693.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Horology
Clock and watch makers--Biography--England
Astronomical clock--History--England
Astronomical instruments--History
Longitude--Research--History
Biography.
Navigation & seamanship
Other manufacturing technologies
Popular science
Biography: general
Biography: science, technology & medicine