Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
by Sobel, Dava.
Summary
Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day -- and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon... Full description
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