Longitude
Subtitle: the story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
By: Dava Sobel
Series: Stranger than -- 3; Stranger than -- 3.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780007241835
Subjects: Clock and watch makers; Biography; Astronomical clocks; History; Horology; Longitude; Research
Description: This is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest - the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius.
Notes: Originally published: U.S.: Walker, 1995; London: Fourth Estate, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.