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100 1 _aSobel, Dava.
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245 1 0 _aLongitude :
_bthe true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time /
_cDava Sobel ; with an introduction by Neil Armstrong.
260 _aLondon :
_bHarper Perennial,
_c2005.
300 _axviii, 183 p. ;
_c20 cm.
500 _aOriginally published: London: Fourth Estate, 1996.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) and index.
520 8 _aThis 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.
600 1 0 _aHarrison, John,
_d1693-1776
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