[PDF.48tf] The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

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 | #265910 in Books |  Walker Products |  2003-10-01 |  2003-10-01 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.92 x.51 x8.97l,1.93 | File type: PDF | 216 pages

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||22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.| One of the most fascinating books I have read|By Gloria|In the age of GPS it is hard to believe that there was a time when sailors could not navigate the seas in safety. This book is so interesting and easy to read, yet it explains the discovery of how to determine Longitude in a way that is fascinating for adults and excellent for young teenagers as well. I always have three|.com |The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing story of the clockm

The Illustrated Longitude recounts in words and images the epic quest to solve the greatest scientific problem of the eighteenth and three prior centuries: determining how a captain could pinpoint his ship's location at sea. All too often throughout the ages of exploration, voyages ended in disaster when crew and cargo were either lost at sea or destroyed upon the rocks of an unexpected landfall. Thousands of lives and the fortunes of nations hung on a resoluti...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time   |  Dava Sobel, William J. H. Andrewes. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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