the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
Hardcover, 184 pages
English language
Published Aug. 26, 1995 by Fourth Estate.
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is a best-selling book by Dava Sobel about John Harrison, an 18th-century clockmaker who created the first clock (chronometer) sufficiently accurate to be used to determine longitude at sea—an important development in navigation. The book was made into a television series entitled Longitude. In 1998, The Illustrated Longitude was published, supplementing the earlier text with 180 images of characters, events, instruments, maps and publications.
Very interesting history of how navigation evolved and required high precision time to calculate longitude.
TXU: QB225 .S64 1995
