Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
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- ISBN: 080271529X
- ISBN: 9780802715296
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xiv, 184 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm - Publisher: New York : Walker, 2007.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Neil Armstrong -- Imaginary lines -- The sea before time -- Adrift in a clockwork universe -- Time in a bottle -- Powder of sympathy -- The prize -- Cog maker's journal -- The grasshopper goes to sea -- Hands on Heaven's clock -- The diamond timekeeper -- Trial by fire and water -- A tale of two portraits -- The second voyage of Captain James Cook -- The mass production of genius -- In the meridian courtyard. |
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