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Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking. Through Dava Sobel's consummate skill, Longitude will open a new window on our world for all who read it.
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Longitude, Dava Sobel
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- Année de publication
- 1996
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- Titre
- Longitude
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Dava Sobel
- Publié
- 1996
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 1857025490
- ISBN13
- 9781857025491
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Thème historique, Histoire, Cartes et voyages, Histoires vraies, Biographies, Géographie & Topographie, Amour, Science, Grande-Bretagne, Vengeance, Navires, XVIIIe siècle, Histoire des sciences, Navigation maritime, Temps, Navigation
- Première publication
- 1995
- Titre original
- Longitude
- Évaluation
- 3,9 sur 5
- Description
- Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking. Through Dava Sobel's consummate skill, Longitude will open a new window on our world for all who read it.