{"id":86489,"date":"2019-02-03T19:21:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T18:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libreriadelmare.it\/negozio\/uncategorized\/longitudine-sobel-d-9788817092760\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T02:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:54:28","slug":"longitudine-dava-sobel-9788817092760","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/libreriadelmare.it\/en\/shop\/longitudine-dava-sobel-9788817092760\/","title":{"rendered":"longitudine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Per secoli, fino al Settecento, il<strong> &ldquo;problema della longitudine&rdquo;<\/strong> fu una delle questioni pi&ugrave; sentite e discusse nel mondo scientifico e non solo: <strong>nell&rsquo;epoca delle grandi esplorazioni moltissime navi, incapaci di misurare la loro posizione, si smarrivano nell&rsquo;oceano perdendo in mare il loro carico di uomini, merci, tesori<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Anche astronomi del calibro di&nbsp;<em>Galileo<\/em>, <em>Cassini<\/em>, <em>Huygens<\/em>, <em>Newton <\/em>e <em>Halley <\/em>avevano cercato invano una soluzione basandosi sulla Luna e le stelle. Finch&eacute;, nel <strong>1714<\/strong>, il Parlamento Inglese offr&igrave; una <strong>ricompensa di ventimila sterline in oro<\/strong> (l&rsquo;equivalente di dieci milioni di euro oggi) a chi avesse scoperto come determinare la longitudine di una nave nell&rsquo;oceano. La posta in palio stimol&ograve; una <strong>sfida tra gli scienziati del tempo<\/strong>, ma a trovare la soluzione fu un orologiaio autodidatta inglese, <em>John Harrison<\/em>, che ebbe il coraggio di sfidare la comunit&agrave; scientifica con il suo &ldquo;cronometro marino&rdquo; in grado di segnare sempre l&rsquo;ora &ldquo;esatta&rdquo; anche in mare.<\/p>\n<p>In un <strong>libro bestseller considerato un classico della divulgazione scientifica<\/strong>, <em>Dava Sobel<\/em> ripercorre la storia avventurosa dei quarant&rsquo;anni di sforzi che furono necessari a Harrison non solo per costruire e perfezionare il suo cronometro, ma anche per dimostrare la validit&agrave; e l&rsquo;efficacia del suo metodo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resoconto di una straordinaria vicenda scientifica e umana<\/strong>, <em>Longitudine<\/em> spazia tra astronomia, navigazione e matematica per offrirci l&rsquo;entusiasmante racconto di una tappa decisiva nel percorso verso la modernit&agrave;.<\/p>\n<p>Edizione: 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sottotitolo\"><span>Subtitle: <\/span>come un genio solitario cambi\u00f2 la storia della navigazione<\/p>\n<p class=\"autore\"><span>Author: <\/span>dava sobel<\/p>\n<p class=\"editore\"><span>Publisher: <\/span>bur (rizzoli)<\/p>\n<p class=\"isbn\"><span>ISBN: <\/span>9788817092760<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":147389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2803,2971,2569],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86489","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-biography-and-memories","7":"product_cat-biographies-memories-and-interviews","8":"product_cat-books-navigation-history-chartography","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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