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Longitude
the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
By Sobel, Dava
- ISBN
- 978-0-80271-312-4
- Publisher
- New York : Walker, 1995.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 1996
YA Opening with a chapter that outlines what follows, Sobel whets readers' appetites for hearing the colorful details of the search for a way for mariners to determine longitude. In an age when ships' stores were limited and scurvy killed many a seaman, missing a landfall often meant death--as, of course, did running aground. Sobe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
