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008 150922s2005 nyua b 001 0beng d
040 $aHCW$beng$erda$cHCW$dOCLCQ$dOCL
020 $a9781606712764
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035 $a(OCoLC)921896984
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050 4 $aQB225$b.S64 2005
100 1 $aSobel, Dava,$eauthor.
245 10 $aLongitude :$bthe true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time /$cDava Sobel ; with a foreword by Neil Armstrong.
264 1 $aNew York :$bMJF Books,$c[2005]
264 4 $c©2005
300 $axiv, 184 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index.
505 0 $aImaginary lines -- Sea before time -- Adrift in a clockwork universe -- Time in a bottle -- Powder of sympathy -- Prize -- Cogmaker's journal -- Grasshopper goes to sea -- Hands on Heaven's clock -- Diamond timekeeper -- Trial by fire and water -- Tale of two portraits -- Second voyage of Captain James Cook -- Mass production of genius -- In the Meridian Courtyard.
520 $aThe story of mariners' centuries-long search for ways of determining longitude that tells not only of the scientific advances but of the perseverance, pettiness, politics, & interesting anecdotes involved. 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.
650 0 $aLongitude$xMeasurement$xHistory.
650 0 $aChronometers$xHistory.
600 10 $aHarrison, John,$d1693-1776.
650 0 $aClock and watch makers$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
600 17 $aHarrison, John,$d1693-1776$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00153680
650 7 $aChronometers.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00860225
650 7 $aClock and watch makers.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00864502
650 7 $aLongitude$xMeasurement.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01002406
651 7 $aGreat Britain.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204623
655 7 $aBiographies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
700 1 $aArmstrong, Neil,$d1930-2012,$eAuthor of introduction, etc.
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