Longitude
Subtitle: The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
Edition: UK edition
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781857025026
Subjects: Biography: general; Clocks & chronometers; Horology; Navigation; Science: General Issues; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: Once on a Wednesday excursion when I was a little girl, my father bought me a beaded wire ball that I loved.