Longitude
Douban
ISBN: 9780802715296
autor:
Dava Sobel
casa editorial:
Walker & Company
data de publicação: 2007
-10
preço: USD 14.00
número de páginas: 208
The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Dava Sobel
visão geral
First published in 1996, Dava Sobel's story of an epic scientific quest - how to calculate longitude. The thorniest scientific problem of the day had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries until John Harrison dared to imagine a mechanical solution. The story encompasses astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
