Longitude :
Sobel, Dava.
Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / Dava Sobel ; with an introduction by Neil Armstrong. - London : Harper Perennial, 2005. - xviii, 183 p. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: 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.
9780007214228 (pbk.) : �7.99 9780007214464 (hbk.) : No price
Harrison, John, 1693-1776 --Biography.
Clocks and watch makers--England--Biography.
Astronomical clock--History.--England
Horology.
Longitude--Research--History.
Science
Biography.
QB225
681.118092
Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / Dava Sobel ; with an introduction by Neil Armstrong. - London : Harper Perennial, 2005. - xviii, 183 p. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: 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.
9780007214228 (pbk.) : �7.99 9780007214464 (hbk.) : No price
Harrison, John, 1693-1776 --Biography.
Clocks and watch makers--England--Biography.
Astronomical clock--History.--England
Horology.
Longitude--Research--History.
Science
Biography.
QB225
681.118092