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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.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Harper Perennial, 2005.Description: xviii, 183 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780007214228 (pbk.) :
  • 9780007214464 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 681.118092 22
LOC classification:
  • QB225
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 The Harden Library, King's Hospital Main 526 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R13502J0499

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.

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