Manden der målte længdegraden - den sandfærdige historie om et ensomt geni der løste sin tids største videnskabelige problem by Dava Sobel

Manden der målte længdegraden - den sandfærdige historie om et ensomt geni der løste sin tids største videnskabelige problem

Dava Sobel

208 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative inspiring medium-paced
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Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day—and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of e...

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