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Longitude The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time


Date: 31 August 2022 | Posted by: voska89
Longitude The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Dava Sobel, "Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time"
English | ISBN: 0802714625 | 2005 | 192 pages | MOBI | 226 KB
On its 10th anniversary, a gift edition of this classic book, with a forward by one of history's greatest explorers, and eight pages of color illustrations.


Anyone alive in the eighteeth century would have known that "the logitude 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 as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution.
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