Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Dava Sobel with Neil Armstrong

192 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative inspiring medium-paced
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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 througho...

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inspiring 36%
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reflective 12%
challenging 7%
lighthearted 6%
relaxing 6%
hopeful 4%
emotional 3%
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