longitude

€15,00

Subtitle: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time

Author: sobel d.

Publisher: walker & company

ISBN: 9780007214228

The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest of Harrison’s forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronomether. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and absurdity, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.

With a new introduction by Neil Armstrong.

Edition: 2007

Provided on request (waiting time: 14 days approximately)

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