Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
by Sobel, Dava.
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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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