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.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Harper Perennial, 2005.Description: xviii, 183 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780007214228 (pbk.) :
- 9780007214464 (hbk.) :
- 681.118092 22
- QB225
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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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