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The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention that Changed the World
Amir D. Aczel
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| #910766 in Books | 2002-05-02 | 2002-05-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.90 x.51 x5.20l,.45 | File type: PDF | 208 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Poorly researched, sloppily written and highly repetitive|By Otter100|This is an extremely poorly researched and written book. It makes a great deal of a very little, touches on many irrelevant subjects and is highly repetitive. One of the most annoying tricks that the author employs is to describe a long voyage and then - at the end - to point out that it wouldn't have been po|From School Library Journal|Adult/High School-Prior to the invention of the compass, a merchant or sailor who wished to cross a large body of water was forced to navigate by studying the winds and stars or by never sailing out of the sight of land. Long ocean vo
The story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth, yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth of Christ in ancient China. A mysterious lodestone whose powers affected metal was known to the Chinese emperor. When this piece of metal was suspended in water, it always pointed north. This unexplainable occurrence led to the stone's use in feng shui, the Chinese art of finding the right location. However, it was the Italians, more than a thousand y...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention that Changed the World | Amir D. Aczel. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
