Longitude: The True Story Of A Lone Genius . . .
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| Originally published | 1995 |
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| Authors | Dava Sobel |
| Page count | 191 |
| Adaptations | Longitude |
| Genres | Non-fiction |
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| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| HarperCollins | |
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| ID | 2449755 |
About Longitude: The True Story Of A Lone Genius . . .
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is a best-selling book by Dava Sobel about John Harrison, an 18th-century clockmaker who created the first clock sufficiently accurate to be used to determine longitude at sea—an important development in navigation.
