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- MPN
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- ISBN
- 0802713440
- EAN
- 9780802713445
- Book Title
- Illustrated Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
- Item Length
- 1 in
- Publisher
- Walker & Company
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Antiques & Collectibles, Science, History
- Topic
- Earth Sciences / Geography, General, Clocks & Watches, Time, History, Science & Technology
- Item Width
- 1 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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A fully illustrated edition of the international best-seller Longitude . 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 resolution to the longitude problem. To encourage a solution, governments established prizes for anyone whose method or device proved successful. The largest reward of 20,000-- truly a king's ransom-- was offered by Britain's Parliament in 1714. The scientific establishment-- from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton-- had been certain that a celestial answer would be found and invested untold effort in this pursuit. By contrast, John Harrison imagined and built the unimaginable: a clock that told perfect time at sea, known today as the chronometer. Harrison's trials and tribulations during his forty-year quest to win the prize are the culmination of this remarkable story. The Illustrated Longitude brings a new and important dimension to Dava Sobel's celebrated story. It contains the entire original narrative of Longitude , redesigned to accompany 183 images chosen by William Andrewes-- from portraints of every important figure in the story to maps and diagrams, scientifc instruments, and John Harrison's remarkable sea clocks themselves. Andrewes's elegant captions and sidebars on scientific and historical events tell their own story of longitude, paralleling and illuminating Sobel's memorable tale.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Walker & Company
ISBN-10
0802713440
ISBN-13
9780802713445
eBay Product ID (ePID)
690229
Product Key Features
Book Title
Illustrated Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Earth Sciences / Geography, General, Clocks & Watches, Time, History, Science & Technology
Publication Year
1998
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Antiques & Collectibles, Science, History
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
1 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qb225.S63 1998
Edition Description
Revised Edition
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This new illustrated edition of Sobel's 1995 study of Harrison's remarkable instrument strikingly illuminates this largely unknown but crucial discovery., "Two respected tellers of the longitude tale have teamed up! Sobel 's compelling prose is coupled with colorful and detailed illustrations provided by Andrewes. This edition responds to entreaties by readers who loved Sobel's Longitude but who wanted pictures to go with it."-- Mercator's World "Enormous care has been devoted to the illustrations and captions. Readers will finish this book considerably more educated about geography and navigation."-- USA Today "This new illustrated edition of Sobel's 1995 study of Harrison's remarkable instrument strikingly illuminates this largely unknown but crucial discovery."-- Dallas Morning News, Enormous care has been devoted to the illustrations and captions. Readers will finish this book considerably more educated about geography and navigation., Two respected tellers of the longitude tale have teamed up! Sobel 's compelling prose is coupled with colorful and detailed illustrations provided by Andrewes. This edition responds to entreaties by readers who loved Sobel's Longitude but who wanted pictures to go with it., "Two respected tellers of the longitude tale have teamed up! Sobel 's compelling prose is coupled with colorful and detailed illustrations provided by Andrewes. This edition responds to entreaties by readers who loved Sobel's Longitude but who wanted pictures to go with it." -- Mercator's World "Enormous care has been devoted to the illustrations and captions. Readers will finish this book considerably more educated about geography and navigation." -- USA Today "This new illustrated edition of Sobel's 1995 study of Harrison's remarkable instrument strikingly illuminates this largely unknown but crucial discovery." -- Dallas Morning News
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Trade
Lccn
98-019858
Dewey Decimal
681.1/18/092
Dewey Edition
21
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