Author: DAVA SOBEL
Title: Longitude
Description: Fourth Estate, 1996. Pocket. Pp: 184. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking. Through Dava Sobel's consummate skill, Longitude will open a new window on our world for all who read it. ISBN: 9781857025491. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781857025491
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Title: Longitude
Description: Fourth Estate, 1996. Pocket. Pp: 184. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking. Through Dava Sobel's consummate skill, Longitude will open a new window on our world for all who read it. ISBN: 9781857025491. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781857025491
Price: EUR 5.00 = appr. US$ 5.43 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1603494
- Book number: 1603494
See more books from our catalog: Novels