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LONGITUDE - The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
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Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest. The "longitude problem" was the thorniest dilemma of the eighteenth century. Lacking the ability to measure longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea.

At the heart of Dava Sobel's fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and horology stands the figure of John Har... More
Book Information
PublisherHarperCollins Children's Books
BindingPaperback (59 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-100007718837
ISBN-13978-0007718832
Publication Date/1998
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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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About Sobel (Author) : Sobel is a published author of children's books. A published credit of Sobel is Great Grandma Heroine.
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