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Longitude
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4 out of 5
Based on 3,225 Ratings and 761 Reviews

Book Description
The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing story of the clockmaker, John "Longitude" Harrison, who solved the problem that Newton and Galileo had failed to conquer, yet claimed only half the promised rich re... More
Book Information
PublisherRandom House Audio
BindingAudio CD (59 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-100739323784
ISBN-13978-0739323786
Publication Date10/11/2005
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About Dava Sobel (Author) : Dava Sobel is a published author and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Dava Sobel include Galileo's Treasure Box.
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