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Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / Dava Sobel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Fourth Estate, 1998.Description: viii, 183p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9781857025712
  • 9781857025712
Subject(s): Summary: 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.
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General General ATU Dublin Road General Shelves 681.118092 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 066800
Non-Circulating ATU Mayo McDonagh Collection Donation 681.118092 SOB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Library Use Only J173468

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.

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